Macquarie Life broke new ground in May 2010 with the launch of Macquarie Active risk insurance product. Col Fullagar examines whether or not it is possible to establish a...
Dealer group Synchron has accused life insurance companies and the Financial Services Council of deeming all discontinued life policies as churn, and presenting figures a...
Individual disability business increased 13.6 per cent to $408 million in 2011, while individual lump sum risk business climbed 10.5 per cent to $1.11 billion, according ...
Life insurance industry profits jumped 65 per cent in the December quarter, but there was a significant drop in revenue due to investment losses....
MLC has improved MLC Insurance and MLC Insurance (Super) with a number of product enhancements, and updates to their insurance writing programs....
In order to address the growing insurance gap in the self-managed super fund sector, AIA Australia has partnered with Australian Group Insurances to launch an online insu...
Different policy proposals are being suggested by the insurance industry to combat churn, but they have not been universally accepted. Who should be responsible for effor...
The risk insurance industry has defied all odds and continued to experience strong growth amid economic uncertainty. However, that is not to say the sector has managed to...
Evolving web-based technology has helped to create more active and better informed consumers, but the insurance industry has struggled to keep up with this changing deman...
The desire by superannuation fund members to retain small balance accounts to access insurance benefits poses a challenge with respect to auto-consolidation....
Suncorp has purchased AMP's General Insurance Distribution (AMP GID), securing the business for Suncorp for the long term, the two groups announced today....
The financial advice industry is failing to do enough to convince consumers of the need for adequate insurance cover, according to Tim Browne, general manager for retail ...
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...