The health and wellbeing specialist bolstered its investment into financial advice with a newly formed managerial team in its Retail Distribution business....
The Council of Australian Life Insurers had completed its board make-up with nine representatives from the industry including seven chief executives....
The Financial Services Council has commenced operation of an enforceable standard for handling group life insurance claims in superannuation....
Based on enrolments in its industry-aligned courses, TAL Risk Academy has revealed the most commonly-sought areas of help for advisers in the last year....
Criminal proceedings against CBA regarding sales of consumer credit insurance have been dismissed by the Federal Court due to a statute bar....
Insurers are being reminded to prepare homeowners for the third consecutive La Nina weather pattern to hit Eastern Australia as the combined insurance bill from the previ...
It is up to the financial advice industry to educate consumers on the value of financial advice and the help they can provide, particularly during times of insurance clai...
Resolution Life Australasia has appointed Tim Tez as chief executive, effective February 2023, replacing Megan Beer who will relocate to London in 2023 to become the chie...
In a bid to achieve a cheaper professional indemnity insurance, some licensees are opting for policies with high deductibles which may leave them unable to compensate con...
The Australian financial advice industry needs to demonstrate to overseas insurers that it has improved as firms are expressing concern about insuring advisers or large d...
Possible insurance changes as a result of superannuation fund mergers should be a talking point for advisers to demonstrate their value when it comes to insurance advice....
NEOS and MLC Life Insurance have released their Encompass Protection retail life insurance offering designed in response to the increasing cost of providing risk advice....
The Financial Services Council has urged Australians who have lost their life insurance policies due to recent flooding to utilise the FSC’s services to help them find ou...
Claims to the Insurance Council of Australia have reached almost 31,000 in a single day in relation to the flood emergency in Queensland and New South Wales....
The organisation believes a review into professional indemnity insurance is crucial before a compensation scheme of last resort can be filed, in order to identify sources...
My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...
Dugald makes a great point that not everyone's definition of green is the same and gives a good example. Funds have bee...
How did they get the AFSL in the first place? Given the green light by ASIC. This is terrible example of ASIC's incompet...