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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of a Western Australian insurance provider for breaches of various reporting, financial and other licensee obligations....

Life/Risk

Australia’s major corporations may be neglecting their fiduciary duty to protect their investors by failing to adequately insure key personnel....

Life/Risk

Life insurers told to properly define the nature of life/risk lapses or cop shorter responsibility period....

Life/Risk

Advised consumers were more likely to find insurance cover that matched their financial commitments and avoided the dangers of finding the right cover....

Life/Risk

With the prevalence of obesity rising rapidly, TAL has adjusted its BMI calculation loadings to price risk more accurately....

Life/Risk

Australia’s insurance industry is being urged to take a proactive and caring approach to supporting the rehabilitation of claimants with a psychological condition....

Life/Risk

Predatory legal claims around TPD insurance should be rejected, with many jumping the gun and easily able to be defeated, according to a lawyer working in the insurance a...

Features

Col Fullagar considers the difference between service and financial advice within the adviser value proposition framework amidst the debate around adviser remuneration mo...

Life/Risk

Amid the continuing challenges confronting the Australian life/risk sector, a new reinsurer has entered the fray....

Life/Risk

Industry fund Cbus has moved to TAL for its group life insurance offering following board approval....

Life/Risk

Suncorp Group Limited has announced its full-year profits have increased to more than $1.1 billion for the year to 30 June 2015....

Life/Risk

New research confirms Trowbridge impact with life/risk advisers moving to make comprehensive advice a greater part of their businesses....

Life/Risk

Reinsurance cost savings could cushion impact of downturn in top-line growth for general insurers, research reveals....

Life/Risk

Australian businesses are being urged to insure against the threats of cybercrime in the wake of data showing attacks are costing the nation $1 billion a year....

Life/Risk

Financial advisers have been blamed alongside lawyers for pushing the multitude of claims which placed pressure on TPD products within superannuation funds....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months 1 week ago

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

7 months 1 week 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...

1 week 6 days ago

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

3 weeks 2 days ago

ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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