Tower Australia has revised the commission structures, product definitions, features and ease of gaining coverage across its risk insurance products and yesterday unveile...
By structuring the ownership of personal life insurance policies via superannuation, it may be possible to fund such premiums from pre-tax earnings, says Andrew Lowe....
The Federal Government is accusing both the Federal Opposition Australian Labor Party and the Australian Democrats of creating greater uncertainty in the insurance market...
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has urged the Opposition and minor parties in the Senate to support passage of the Trade Practices (Personal Injury and Death) Bi...
When it comes to claims, the most cases assessed relate to disability income, and as Mike Taylor reports, it is an increasing trend....
Risk advisers will face risks of their own. Col Fullagar outlines how to mitigate those risks....
Financial planners are facing alarming personal liability risks despite having professional indemnity (PI) cover due to an influx of unauthorised foreign insurers accessi...
Macquarie Adviser Services has made changes to its superannuation insurance cover, including the introduction of an upfront commission for death and total and permanent d...
The Australian insurance industry must focus on product manufacture and marketing as too many people are both uninsured and under-insured, according to AXA’s financial pr...
The former chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Alan Cameron has been appointed to head up a Federal Government review of the Insurance Contr...
Discussing risk insurance with clients is becoming a must do, but as Michael Richardson points out, many advisers are new to writing risk insurance and could face problem...
The long term profit outlook for the life insurance market will remain poor for the immediate future as it remains linked to the low performance of equity markets and sad...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...