Most Australians would rather spend any extra income on building up their savings than upgrading their life insurance policies, according to a national poll by TAL....
The importance of life/risk sales to financial advisers' revenue streams has been underscored by the latest data released by research house DEXX&R....
Life insurance and income protection could protect a family's financial interests if the worst were to occur, according to Smartline Personal Mortgage Advisors....
TAL chief executive Jim Minto points to the factors driving up group insurance premiums....
The Insurance Council of Australia has backed the Financial Ombudsman Service's external dispute resolution process following the release of the FOS annual review....
The life insurance industry needs to continually improve their product offerings in order to bridge the underinsurance gap in Australia and deliver greater flexibility to...
New data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has confirmed the degree to which life/risk sales are providing a solid foundation for the fina...
We are all guilty of ticking a box saying we have read the offer terms and conditions when in fact we have not. Col Fullagar lists the contents of some of the more common...
Even if price wasn’t a factor, AMP’s Chris Kirby argues that Australia would still have an under-insurance problem. This is why it is the industry’s job to kill preconcep...
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is understood to be close to reaching a compromise on its so-called Life Insurance framework which, if agreed, would give advisers a ...
Industry funds use APRA research to query retail super funds utilising in-house group insurance products....
RGA Reinsurance Company managing director Pauline Blight-Johnston will join AMP from May next year, replacing Ian Campbell in the role of director wealth protection and m...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...