INSURANCE
Financial planning
Mortgage brokers looking to broaden the range of services they offer can now do so in a structured and simple fashion following the launch of a new licensee offer by MLC....
Financial planning
Platinum Group has undergone a corporate restructuring and will now be known as the Sentry Group....
Financial planning
OAMPS Insurance Brokers have extended their reach, signing a deal with HSBC Bank Australia to offer the bank’s commercial customers access to a range of insurance solutio...
Financial planning
The Federal Court has found a former AMP financial adviser breached the law while providing superannuation switching advice....
Financial planning
AMP is piloting an automated risk insurance underwriting program, EasyWrite, for distribution by next year among both AMP planners and affiliated independent financial pl...
Life/Risk
Offering advice on insurance products is to be made easier following the adoption of standards by leading providers of life risk products....
Financial planning
Advisers who predominantly use ratings as the basis for recommending insurance products run the risk of encouraging their clients to purchase inappropriate cover due to t...
Editorial
The profitability of the Australian insurance actually declined in the March quarter of this year, according to the latest data released by the Australian Prudential Regu...
Financial planning
The current minimum compensation arrangements applying to holders of an Australian Financial Services licence will continue to apply for another six months while the Gove...
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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...