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Financial planning

The latest Deloitte Global Security Survey has found the Asia Pacific region (APAC), excluding Japan, to be lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to measures...

Financial planning

Cannex has combined its insurance research and quotation tool with the Statements of Advice preparation tool offered by real services to create an all-in-one insurance de...

Life/Risk

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has imposed a permanent ban from providing financial services on a former authorised representative of CGU Insurance....

Life/Risk

ASIC has permanently banned a Victorian insurance representative from providing financial services....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and Association of Financial Planners are considering applying to join a new indemnity scheme for peak professional bodies offered by t...

Financial planning

The New Year will see David Smith become chief executive of Zurich Financial Services Australia following the announcement that Tom Brown will be retiring from the positi...

Financial planning

The Zurich Financial Services Group’s integration of the Genevoise Life Insurance business into its own at head office level is soon to be completed, with approval from t...

Life/Risk

Tower Life Limited has lost a key superannuation fund insurance mandate, with the decision by Asset Super to move its business to MLC....

Financial planning

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has announced the appointment of John Trowbridge as a member of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority....

Life/Risk

ASIC has extended interim dollar disclosure relief to the issuers of general insurance products to March, next year....

Life/Risk

The corporate regulator has applied for orders to have another company linked to the Westpoint Group wound up and has separately brought charges against a Tasmanian insur...

Life/Risk

Vero Insurance has adopted the general insurance code of practice across its business ahead of the insurance ombudsman service July 18 deadline....

Financial planning

Federal Treasurer Peter Costello acknowledged Australia’s passing of the $1 trillion mark in consolidated assets by saying it reflected the nation’s status as the global ...

Superannuation

Melbourne-based life insurance broker Family Care Australia has entered into an alliance with MetLife Insurance to offer self-managed superannuation fund members “discoun...

Financial planning

The majority of financial planners feel a rogue element among their ranks or media beat-ups are chiefly responsible for the negative perception associated with the financ...

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