LIFE/RISK

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Lower interest rates have helped to reduce mortgage stress, according to a survey conducted by Roy Morgan Research....

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Boosting efficiencies in advice practices by using technology will be central to managing revenue streams under new hybrid commission structures within LIF....

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DEXX&R figures revealed the life insurance framework has done little to dent advice life business, with individual risk business increasing and attrition decreasing over ...

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Mortgage broking group, AFG has appointed its current interim chief executive, David Bailey as the company’s CEO following a market review....

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned life/risk advisers not to try to beat the commissions and clawback implementation....

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Behavioural economics sits at the heart of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s new example statement of advice for life/risk advisers....

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The National Australia Bank has emphasised to a key Senate Committee the degree to which it has exited the life insurance business....

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CommInsure has upgraded its underwriting offer with a tele-interview service to improve adviser productivity....

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CommInsure has told a Parliamentary Committee it has a clean bill of health with respect to allegations over missing or altered documents within its Medical Officers Refe...

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The Budget has proposed to only allow new plant and equipment assets and items added to an investment property to be depreciated....

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The Government has left the door open to consider a more comprehensive approach in allowing seniors to use the equity in their homes, Homesafe Solutions believes....

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The government measures put in place in the 2017 Federal Budget would be unlikely to translate into a real fix for housing market challenges....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

6 days 17 hours ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

3 weeks ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

1 week 4 days ago