Superannuation choice will put funds’ insurance offerings under the spotlight like never before, and lead to a tightening of criteria for coverage, a survey has predicted...
Under the new Financial Services Reform regime, AFS licensees will be required to address risk in the same way they address other areas. SUE LAING reports....
Obesity represents a potentially serious threat for the life and health insurance industry....
Centrestone Wealth Advisory Group has acquired the risk insurance practise of Garvan Financial Planning risk insurance representative Phil Dixon....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has successfully appealed to the South Australian Supreme Court after the Magistrates Court failed to convict a forme...
Most Australians do not understand income protection insurance, and either aren’t covered or have insufficient cover, according to a new study....
The need for insurance has never been greater, with personal debt at historically high levels. Credit continues to grow at an annualised rate of around 13 per cent, while...
Australia’s life insurers have an opportunity to grow thanks to the population becoming relatively underinsured, but regulatory and competitive challenges stand before th...
Zurich Financial Services chief executive Tom Brown has been appointed to the board of the representative body for general insurers, the Insurance Council of Australia....
Australians should receive a minimum of one dollar per week of death insurance cover and the Government must do more to educate the public about the potential pitfalls as...
Commission disclosure under Financial Services Reform is contributing to Australia’s chronic underinsurance problem rather than alleviating it and driving churning betwee...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned a South Australian insurance broker for a series of deceptions, which included collecti...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...