INSURANCE

Editorial

Geoff Summerhayes argues that there exist parallels between the public’s acceptance of sustainable energy and the push for a sustainable life insurance industry, with the...

Superannuation

Survey reveals how super funds are failing to communicate the impact of policy changes to employers....

Financial planning

Specialist life insurer NobleOak has announced the launch of a new product aimed at the SMSF market....

Life/Risk

Major industry funds lift cost of cover for members pointing to rising costs and regulatory obligations....

Life/Risk

AMP has introduced big changes to its insurance range in response to the changing way advisers do business....

Life/Risk

Tower Limited has sold most of its life business to NZ-owned Fidelity Life to focus on general insurance....

Life/Risk

When making a risk claim, clients will often be asked to undergo an independent medical examination. Col Fullagar explains the adviser’s role in ensuring the client is tr...

Financial planning

Mortgage broker Mortgage Choice has moved further to diversify its financial services offering, announcing this week that it had entered into a strategic partnership with...

Financial planning

Mortgage Choice has expanded to become a broad financial services provider by setting up a referral relationship with Allianz to provide general insurance. ...

Life/Risk

Former HFA Asset Management boss Oscar Martinis has established a new planner and accountant-oriented insurance offering....

Editorial

Legal experts Samantha Hills and Grant Holley dissect the best interests duty and the obligations that come with it....

Financial planning

End of financial year is always a busy period for financial planners, but it also represents a big client engagement opportunity, writes Janine Mace....

Life/Risk

Knowing what to do to avoid major pitfalls at claim time is where advisers’ true value lies, according to Col Fullagar....

Superannuation

David Shirlow from Macquarie Adviser Services brings you up to date with new developments regarding the way SMSF trustees can structure insurance....

Life/Risk

A Sydney insurance broker has been permanently banned from providing financial services following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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 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

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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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...

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

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