INSURANCE INDUSTRY

Life/Risk

CommInsure has been named Life Insurance Company of the Year at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. Other winners included Zurich and QBE....

Life/Risk

A ban on commissions on compulsory insurance in super is perhaps a good thing, but an outright ban on all commissions would be a massive threat to solving the underinsura...

Editorial

The insurance industry needs to adapt to the changing expectations of consumers, writes Jim Minto....

Financial planning

Insurance is not just about the numbers, says Col Fullagar. He explains why it is so important to get the claims dispute process right....

Life/Risk

Macquarie enhances insurance offering to suit white collars....

Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry is fraught with complexities. Angela Faherty takes a look at the challenges facing the sector, and how it can work to better educate consumers...

Editorial

The insurance industry has a chronically high cost structure, is structurally flawed, and carries a bias against level premium policies, writes Robert Keavney. However, r...

Financial planning

Advisers need to be more confident about their value propositions for life insurance, according to the chief executive of Tower Australia, Jim Minto....

Editorial

The public's perception of insurance companies is not particularly favourable. CommInsure’s Graham Putt explains that it is up to the industry to promote its positive rol...

Financial planning

Research commissioned by Lifewise has illustrated the impact of underinsurance on both families and government expenditure....

Editorial

Financial Services is fraught with conflicts of interest, says Robert Keavney. But the regulatory focus on these problems means that financial planning has a bright futur...

People & Products

Macquarie Life has appointed Dave Evans as national key account manager, where he will be responsible for maintaining and developing alliances and dealer relationships ac...

Editorial

With many in the life insurance industry falling behind or struggling to keep up, Brett Yardley looks at some of the changes that have or are about to occur....

Life/Risk

Insurers will need to look after existing clients and reward loyalty if they want to ensure continuing demand, according to ING....

Life/Risk

Agreement between third-party insurer and specialist software provider sets scene for growth....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week 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...

2 weeks ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

3 weeks 3 days ago

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

4 days 8 hours ago