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John Berrill looks at the changes the ISWG have put forward to shake up the life insurance industry....
Life/Risk
The FSC has released a draft standard paper for consultation, which proposes that life insurance APLs must have compulsory provider and product choice....
Life/Risk
An additional layer of assistance to help consumers make a claim would add more confusion and would be seen as a way to discourage consumers from making a claim, a panel ...
Life/Risk
ASIC would review issues in the life insurance industry with a culture lens, ASIC told an FSC conference panel....
Financial planning
Five awards have been presented to talent in Australia’s life insurance industry at a gala dinner held in Sydney last night as part of the Financial Services Council Life...
People & Products
AMP group executive, advice and New Zealand, Jack Regan has been appointed to the FSC’s board of directors, effective 24 February....
Financial planning
A member of the Senate Economics Committee has described underwriting at time of claim as a 'serious problem' that the industry must address....
Features
The Australian life/risk sector is facing a fundamental reshaping as advisers move beyond the LIF and banks consider their return on investment, Mike Taylor finds....
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council is arguing for more industry self-regulation, describing Trowbridge as the "gold standard"....
Life/Risk
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have launched the Life Insurance Code of Practice....
Financial planning
While the industry has welcomed the passage of the professional standards bill, Kelly O’Dwyer has reiterated the Government’s arguments against a Royal Commission into ba...
Policy & Regulation
A new analysis has pointed to the removal of trailing commissions as significantly reducing the fees of corporate master trusts....
Editorial
The financial services industry is facing another year of uncertainty but there will be opportunities for it to become the master of its own destiny....
Features
Malavika Santhebennur writes that many policy issues that beleaguered the financial services sector in 2015 remained in 2016, and would continue into 2017....
Financial planning
Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....
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