All documents pertaining to Life Insurance that are associated with “mortgage deeds”
Dear Australian Prudential Regulation Authority,
I request all documents, Legislation, Acts, Rules, Guidelines, correspondence and emails regarding the association with both Insurance policies and legal titles and mortgage deeds/assignment of deed.
I want all information pertaining to Banking Institutions/Agencies (original holder of the assignment of deed in due course) and Insurance Companies/policies taken out as a condition of getting “Loan Approval” prior to Settlement.
Do they need to provide full disclosure to banking customers relating to this association ?
Also I request all information pertaining to the full disclosure Banks are supposed to give relating to a Power of Attorney being given full control over all aspects of the legal title.
Is there a minimum standard of disclosure and are Banks required to ensure this POA agreement is explained prior to signing?
Yours faithfully,
Sharon Dianne
Dear Ms Dianne,
Thank you for your email.
APRA’s Role
APRA’s role is to supervise authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs),
such as banks, building societies and credit unions, as well as insurance
companies, including private health insurers, and superannuation funds; to
promote the careful, or prudent, management of these financial
institutions. In doing so, APRA is charged with ensuring these
institutions can fulfil the promises they make to ADI deposit-holders,
insurance policyholders and superannuation beneficiaries.
APRA deals with systemic matters at an institution level rather than
pursuing individual complaints about products and services.
APRA does not have oversight of the conduct of financial institutions,
which is undertaken by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission ([1]Australian Securities and Investments Commission), and does
not typically collect the type of information that is sought in your
email. As the conduct regulator of financial institutions, the Australian
Securities and Investments Commission may be better placed to assist you
with your enquiry. If your enquiry relates to a complaint that you may
have in relation to the conduct of a financial institution in relation to
a particular matter, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority
([2]Australian Financial Complaints Authority) may be able to assist you.
APRA also notes that Australian Commonwealth legislation, and Prudential
standards made by APRA (which are a form of “legislative instrument”) are
publicly available on the [3]Federal Register of Legislation.
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Kind regards
FOI Officer
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AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION AUTHORITY
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