INSURANCE

Life/Risk

Macquarie Private Wealth has doubled its wealth protection team with the appointment of three new insurance specialists, expanding its insurance advice business in Victor...

Life/Risk

Recently launched insurance product from Macquarie Life, Macquarie Life Active, has reached a $1 million milestone in premiums....

Editorial

Col Fullagar outlines the steps required when determining the insurance needs of clients....

Financial planning

CommInsure has moved onto the front foot declaring that commissions should remain an option in insurance....

Financial planning

The future of the superannuation guarantee and reforms around financial planning are now in doubt as the major parties haggle over a hung Parliament....

Life/Risk

Mike Taylor leads a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing the insurance industry. Topics covered include underinsurance, reaching younger consumers and advise...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council conference has been told that the group life sector will expand by upwards of 60 per cent over the next half decade....

Life/Risk

An AIA executive has warned of the need to understand different demographics when insurers seek to expand into Asia....

Financial planning

NAB claims its position on fees and commissions has seen businesses attracted to the NAB/MLC brands....

Funds management

Aligning its banking and wealth distribution channels is one of BT Financial Group’s key strategic growth priorities, according to its chief executive, Brad Cooper....

Financial planning

Hiring patterns across the banking and financial services industry show some sectors are booming while others, such as financial advice, reveal a decrease in hiring activ...

Financial planning

Netwealth Investments has announced it is launching a new integrated insurance facility, LifeWRAP, in conjunction with AIA Australia....

Financial planning

As Australia's population continues to age, Virginia Harrison looks at the recent developments in the retirement products sector, and asks: is enough being done to addres...

Financial planning

Australian directors have been warned they are still exposed to offshore legal action following United States President Barack Obama signing into law the high profile Con...

Financial planning

Listed premium insurance funding company Centrepoint Alliance has told the market it won’t break even for the six months to 30 June 2010, as a result of costs assoc...

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