Bank backed providers Colonial and MLC continue to lead the new risk business race, but Prefsure - the subsidiary of South African insurance giant Capital Alliance Holdin...
The new choice of superannuation fund regime will need to be handled carefully due to the risk of employees losing valuable benefits if they switch funds, delegates at th...
Almost half of Australians believe life insurance is a “waste of money” according to a new Commonwealth Bank survey that found less than one in three adults have a person...
Australians are carrying a risk of uninsurance of more than 75 per cent, with women at greatest risk of not being able to meet financial obligations in the case of death ...
Australia has been identified as having the largest income protection gap (39 per cent) of several developed countries according to findings in a new global mortality pro...
Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman David Knott has been recruited by the Insurance Council of Australia to assess public submissions on the ...
The Financial Services Reform Act has changed the world of risk insurance, but as Ross Kelly writes, opinion is divided on whether the task has become harder for advisers...
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has permanently banned a former insurance agent after they pleaded guilty to 20 counts of obtaining money by deception...
Zurich Financial Services Australia has played down Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and Australian Securities and Investments Commission scrutiny of some histo...
National Australia Bank (NAB) has no plans to outsource its Australian commercial insurance operations despite last week’s deal with AXA in the UK to take over the provis...
ING Group has reached an agreement with QBE Insurance Group to sell a collection of its Mercantile Mutual general insurance interests and allowing the Holland-based firm ...
‘Own Occupation’ definitions within TPD policies can be a minefield for advisers and clients. MARC FABRIS reports.ory...
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...