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Life Insurance AFSL Licence Search
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AFSL Search is an independent lookup tool using public register data. It is not the official ASIC register.
About Life Insurance AFSL Licence Search
Search ASIC's life insurance AFSL register — look up AFSL holders authorised for life, TPD, trauma and income protection cover, and check a licence.
Use this life insurance AFSL search to find AFSL holders authorised for life insurance activities. Look up a life insurance licensee by company name, AFSL number, ABN or ACN, and review the licence status, conditions and authorisations attached to each life insurance AFSL.
Every record in the life insurance register below is drawn from the public ASIC AFSL dataset and refreshed monthly. For high-stakes verification, also confirm details on ASIC Connect.
What is a life insurance AFSL?
A life insurance AFSL is an Australian Financial Services Licence that ASIC has authorised to provide financial services in relation to life insurance, total and permanent disability (TPD) cover, trauma cover and income protection products. The life insurance register listed here shows every AFSL holder authorised for life insurance activities, with the AFSL number, registered state, status and licence conditions visible on each record.
What a life insurance licence covers
A life insurance AFSL typically covers issuing life insurance products, dealing in life insurance, advising on life cover or distributing life insurance through advisers. The exact authorisations on any specific life insurance licence are set out in the AFSL conditions — open a record to review them in full.
Who typically holds a life insurance AFSL
life insurers, financial advisers, AFSL-authorised distributors and life insurance specialists are the most common life insurance AFSL holders. Authorised representatives operating under those licensees also appear in the AFS Representatives register and can be looked up alongside their licensee.
Who needs a life insurance AFSL
Any Australian business that issues, deals in or advises on life insurance products generally needs a life insurance AFSL with the relevant authorisations.
How to use this life insurance AFSL search
Every row in the life insurance register below is a clickable life insurance AFSL record. You can refine the life insurance AFSL search by state, paginate through the results, or open a licensee detail page to see the full life insurance licence record.
Search by life insurance licensee name
Type the business name into the global AFSL search box to run a life insurance licensee lookup across the AFSL register and any matching credit, DCE or remittance records held by the same entity.
Search by AFSL number, ABN or ACN
If you already have a life insurance licensee's AFSL number, ABN or ACN, the global search box accepts all four identifiers and resolves to the matching life insurance AFSL record. Useful for verifying a life insurance AFSL by its unique number.
Filter the life insurance register by state
Use the state filter above the table to narrow the life insurance AFSL register to a specific Australian jurisdiction — handy when you need a life insurance licensee that operates in a particular state or territory.
About the life insurance register data
This life insurance AFSL register is sourced from the public ASIC AFSL dataset and refreshed monthly. The footer of every page shows the latest data refresh date applied across the whole site.
Source and refresh of the life insurance register
Life Insurance data is normalised from the public ASIC AFSL register. Licence status, conditions and authorisations are mirrored as ASIC publishes them — we do not edit or override regulator decisions on any life insurance AFSL.
Officially verifying a life insurance AFSL
For any high-stakes confirmation of a life insurance AFSL — onboarding, KYC, counterparty checks — always verify on ASIC Connect. AFSL Search is an independent lookup tool and is not the official life insurance register.
Monitor a life insurance AFSL for changes
Subscribe to free monitoring to receive an email when a life insurance AFSL is granted, suspended, varied or cancelled. Useful for compliance teams, brokers and counterparties tracking life insurance licensees over time.
Frequently asked questions
How do I check a life insurance AFSL?
Enter the company name, AFSL number, ABN or ACN of the life insurance licensee into the search box, open the matching record, and review the licence status, conditions and authorisations attached to that life insurance AFSL.
Who needs a life insurance AFSL in Australia?
Any Australian business that issues, deals in or advises on life insurance products generally needs a life insurance AFSL with the relevant authorisations.
What activities does a life insurance AFSL cover?
A life insurance AFSL covers issuing life insurance products, dealing in life insurance, advising on life cover or distributing life insurance through advisers. The exact authorisations vary by licensee — open a life insurance AFSL record to see the conditions specific to that licensee.
How often is the life insurance AFSL register updated?
The life insurance register data shown here is refreshed monthly from the public ASIC AFSL dataset. For real-time alerts on a life insurance AFSL status change, subscribe to free monitoring on this site.
Where can I officially verify a life insurance AFSL?
The official source is the ASIC AFSL register on ASIC Connect. AFSL Search mirrors that data for convenience and faster life insurance search, but is not the official regulator.