INSURANCE

Editorial

HABIB SUBJALLY and PERRY WINFIELD believe the secret to surviving a bear market is the right global equities strategy....

Financial planning

“Our life as we had it no longer exists. Carrying on day-to-day is hard, sleeping is hard, trusting is hard and trying to move forward in an environment where there is no...

Life/Risk

Responding to a marked increase in insurance applications, AXA has made a number of changes to its mandatory medical underwriting requirements....

Financial planning

Advising on risk insurance has traditionally been the domain of advisers, but a new website aims to help consumers take matters into their own hands by comparing policy p...

Financial planning

Allows 12-month suspension of premium payments for retrenched clients in response to hard economic times....

Financial planning

Peter McKnoulty discusses the costs relating to business succession planning for financial advisers....

Financial planning

Suncorp chairman John Story expresses disappointment in the company's recent performance but suggests that it is well positioned for better times ahead....

Financial planning

New research shows that the commissions paid to Australian mortgage brokers have fallen significantly as a result of the exit of some non-bank lenders from the market, an...

Funds management

Wealth management team appointed to positions within new executive committee following the merger of nabInvest, MLC and NAB Private and Institutional Wealth....

Financial planning

Twelve owners of financial planning businesses acquired by Storm Financial have lodged proof of debt claims with the administrators of the collapsed group....

Editorial

Technology change is now driving the life insurance market in significant ways and applying for life insurance is easier than ever for advisers and their customers....

Financial planning

George Avramides examines the social security assessment of insurance policies....

Financial planning

A study by Riskmetrics shows boards are primarily self-selected, predominantly male and dominated by former executives of the banking, funds management and insurance indu...

Financial planning

Young advisers need to develop communication skills to talk about insurance with their clients....

Financial planning

Financial planners must broaden their advice propositions beyond market-linked performance, and opportunities can be found in areas such as aged care and estate planning,...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

6 months 4 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 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 days 14 hours ago

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

1 week 6 days ago