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Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services has enhanced its extended trauma policies by adding partial payments to the benefits provided through the insurance cover for four commonly expe...

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Life/Risk

ING’s new OneCare life insurance product was the industry’s top selling product for new business sales via the independent adviser in the first six months of 2006, accord...

Life/Risk

Genesys Wealth Advisers is paving a new path for Australia’s risk insurance industry with a process designed to speed-up and simplify the underwriting process....

Editorial

Financial incentives will determine the role that institutional investors will play in shareholder class actions, writes Michael Legg....

Life/Risk

Four months after its introduction, more than 50 dealer groups and boutique advisers have signed up to Coin Software’s new insurance product INC – a product Coin believes...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has called for changes to be made to the Financial Services Reform Act to ease the burden of compliance on financial planners and make ...

Financial planning

Premiums for professional indemnity insurance for financial planners have plummeted in the last 12 months, but a major insurance company has warned the Westpoint situatio...

Financial planning

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has issued new prudential standards governing the issue of outsourcing that are applicable to life insurance companies, aut...

Life/Risk

Shaping its new product based on the results of an independent study into its market position, AXA has launched its 2006 Group Insurance offer, which introduces a number ...

Financial planning

Scottish banking giant HBOS’ assault on the Australian investment industry is gaining traction, with its financial planning, insurance and investment arm St Andrew’s maki...

Financial planning

Wealthtrac has almost doubled in size after being selected as the successor fund platform for Credit Suisse Super and Pension Plan....

Financial planning

Magnitude Financial Planning has opened a practice in Busselton, WA, the first step in a plan to establish a regional network of authorised representatives in the state....

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