INSURANCE

Financial planning

Do-it-yourself life insurance is becoming increasingly popular with Australians, which is largely attributed to the simplicity of buying so-called 'off the shelf' product...

Editorial

While the buy-back structure within trauma insurance policies exists to benefit clients, Col Fullagar identifies a series of inconsistencies in how the facility is repres...

Financial planning

ClearView has returned strong results at the end of the first financial year following the acquisition of Bupa's wealth management business....

Financial planning

Natural disasters have undermined Suncorp's annual result, but CEO Patrick Snowball has emerged with a bright new contract arrangement....

Life/Risk

MLC is aiming to reduce insurance turnaround times by up to 70 per cent through a new offer with upgraded service, product and technology benefits....

Financial planning

Mortgage insurer Genworth Financial has supported a government move to introduce a fact sheet to educate homebuyers on home loans with lenders mortgage insurance (LMI)....

Financial planning

ANZ's wealth chief, John Van Der Wielen, resigns and search begins for replacement....

Editorial

The insurance industry has a long way to go to convince consumers that their lives are worth insuring, according to Michael Paff....

Editorial

Many inconsistencies currently exist between different insurers in their trauma policy wording, especially when it comes to policy lapsing and reinstatement. Col Fullagar...

Financial planning

Adviser usage of online applications (eApps) for life insurance has plateaued, according to a survey commissioned by Zurich....

Superannuation

Opt-in could result in corporate super fund members having to individually opt in to advice fees every two years, reducing their access to advice, corporate super represe...

Life/Risk

An insurance company has come up with an offering designed to fund challenges to ATO excess contributions assessments....

Financial planning

ASFA has sought higher levels of deductibility with respect to own occupation TPD obtained within superannuation....

Policy & Regulation

Asteron has announced a range of product enhancements as part of a stated plan to help its advisers navigate through upcoming Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. ...

People & Products

Asteron has appointed Andrew Bridgland as sales manager for the South Australia and Northern Territory region....

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