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Lester Doecke has taken up the top life insurance job at Zurich Financial Services under a shake-up of the group....
Financial planning
The New Zealand financial planning annual get-together in Wellington late last month unlocked a number of themes and issues pertinent to the industry on both sides of the...
Financial planning
The Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) has secured its first gaol sentence under the Insurance (Agents and Brokers) Act with the sentencing of Royce C...
Financial planning
Financial services groups with global scale and reach will be the big industry winners in coming years, according to AXA Australia chief executive Les Owen....
Financial planning
NRMA has rolled out a new income protection policy which makes use of agreed value and indemnity contracts within the same policy....
Life/Risk
Australia’s life insurance industry has failed to realise the full benefits of e-commerce and risks being swamped by its Internet savvy competitors....
Financial planning
Rod Atfield is to bring down the curtain on his 40 year career with Mercantile Mutual at the end of this year....
Financial planning
Lester Doecke has taken up the top life insurance job at Zurich Financial Services under a shake-up of the group....
Financial planning
Australia’s life insurance industry has failed to realise the full benefits of e-commerce and risks being swamped by its Internet savvy competitors....
Life/Risk
The Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) has secured its first gaol sentence under the Insurance (Agents and Brokers) Act with the sentencing of Royce C...
Financial planning
Mercantile Mutual has repositioned its full suite of risk products to reflect changing market conditions....
Financial planning
When the clock ticked over to the first of April this year tens of thousands of small superannuation funds across the country had been forced to re-evaluate where they wo...
Financial planning
In January this year, Plum Financial Services blew out the candles on its second birthday cake. The group, a joint venture between MLC and Vanguard, formed with the spec...
Financial planning
Targeting both large and mid-sized accountancy groups with its national network of financial planning systems, PACT is progressively building upon its $1 billion worth of...
Financial planning
The future of Australia’s life insurance industry may be in serious doubt, following a dark skies forecast from former AMP Financial Services managing director Ray Greens...
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...