Macquarie Funds Management has made an internal appointment to fill the gap left by former international division head, Ben Bruck, who became head of the group following ...

Some financial planners are moving into risk insurance, an area historically occupied by life agents. Craig Phillips looks at some of the drawbacks of such a move....

The Australian population may be under-insured, reports Ben Abbott, but what’s more, Australians’ appetite for insurance appears to be lacklustre....

Discussing risk insurance with clients is becoming a must do, but as Michael Richardson points out, many advisers are new to writing risk insurance and could face problem...

When it comes to planning the distribution of their estate, most parents are keen to treat their children equally. But how do you do that? Michael Schneider shares his id...

Master trust provider Netwealth has added a life insurance product to the range it has available through its Superannuation Master Fund, joining what seems to be a growin...

The Commonwealth Bank has posted a net profit after tax of $2.012 billion, a drop of 24 per cent from last year, with funds management doing little to boost the bank’s re...

The long term profit outlook for the life insurance market will remain poor for the immediate future as it remains linked to the low performance of equity markets and sad...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have accepted enforceable undertakings from AM Corpo...

The Joint Parliamentary Committee’s recommendations against disclosure of commissions by risk advisers have been branded a “disgrace” and condemned by virtually all sides...

Australian Unity has restructured its life insurance operations, including its bond products, and has spun to divisions out into a new company called Australian Unity Inv...

Superannuation insurance premiums accounted for the lion’s share of total life office revenue received during the March quarter 2003, according to the Australian Prudenti...

In 1999, Westpac Financial Planning & Advice (Westpac) which ranked fifth in the Money Management Fastest Growing Dealer Groups Survey, had 570 advisers....

Paul Resnik goes in search of some of the answers to the problems currently facing the financial planning profession....