INSURANCE

People & Products

Guardian Advice has appointed Wes King as State Manager for Western Australia....

Life/Risk

The Insurance Council of Australia has criticised Choice's review of flood insurance as irresponsible, claiming it may frighten at-risk property owners away from obtainin...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry will once again buck the trend of the wider market and experience strong levels of hiring, largely due to attrition and experienced planne...

Financial planning

The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...

Life/Risk

The life insurance gap in Australia expanded from $540 billion to $927 billion between 2000 and 2010 - the fifth largest increase in the world, according to Swiss Re's 'M...

Policy & Regulation

Canadian financial planning and life insurance expert Bruce Etherington has compared Australia's current round of Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms to previous ex...

Editorial

Col Fullagar studied the aftermath of one particular trauma insured event and discovered a fourth, hidden area, in which this type of insurance can assist financial plann...

Life/Risk

Most Generation Y business owners prefer speaking with a financial adviser for their insurance needs rather than going online, according to research commissioned by Zuric...

Superannuation

SMSF trustees who hold multiple accounts are doing so for more than just insurance....

Financial planning

Australian productivity is being severely hampered by workers wasting time at work, according to the new Ernst & Young Australian Productivity Pulse survey....

Policy & Regulation

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has played down concerns it will have little legal guidance once the Future of Financial Advice 'best interests' duties become law....

Life/Risk

MLC has come out with a new insurance product, aptly named MLC Insurance, which marked the culmination of the company's integration with Aviva....

People & Products

Zenith Investment Partners has announced the appointment of three new staffers in response to business growth demands and a major internal company restructure....

Financial planning

Platform provider Onevue is about to finalise new contracts with a number of advisory groups to expand the distribution of its UMA platform....

Life/Risk

Inflows into the life insurance risk market were up 10 per cent overall in the past year, according to Plan For Life data....

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