INSURANCE

Life/Risk

Australia's major life insurers need to jointly develop a dictionary of common data terms and descriptors, according to the chief executive of major insurer, TAL Limited,...

Editorial

Col Fullagar explains the many advantages rehabilitation benefits provide income protection insurance policies....

Top 100

Many significant players in the dealer group sector have reduced their financial planner numbers, though the industry remains optimistic....

Life/Risk

The risk insurance market has seen double-digit growth over the year to March 2012, with annual premiums jumping by around $6.8 billion in the last decade....

Financial planning

Health insurer nib has entered into a strategic alliance with big US provider, UnitedHealthcare....

Financial planning

Financial advisers need to view scaled advice as an ongoing opportunity rather than a threat to their business model, according to Provisio Technologies director Cameron ...

Life/Risk

Funeral insurance could be the most expensive way to manage funeral costs, and ASIC is urging investors to consider all the alternatives....

Superannuation

Platform provider netwealth is set to launch a new wrap specifically targeted at SMSFs, enabling them to adjust their investment and insurance requirements to the level o...

Financial planning

Recruitment in the financial services industry is expected to stabilise over the next 12 months after a year of contraction, according to Michael Page International....

Superannuation

On the back of changes announced as part of the FOFA guidelines, My Adviser has announced the launch of a specialist authority to enable accountants to continue to recomm...

Editorial

Churn in the life/risk space remains a contentious issue, but as Col Fullagar explains, responsibility not only resides with advisers but also with the insurers and how t...

Life/Risk

In an environment where superannuation and investment funds under management remains stifled, life risk insurance recorded steady growth during 2011, according to new res...

Life/Risk

The risk insurance market has seen double-digit growth over the year to March 2012, with annual premiums jumping by around $6.8 billion in the last decade....

Editorial

Bela Moore and Andrew Tsanadis find some pockets of the financial services industry are hiring while others have brought their recruitment activities to a halt....

Financial planning

ClearView Wealth has recruited six new financial planning practices in July, bringing the total number of advisers in the dealer group to 78....

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