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New data on life insurance claims and disputes has confirmed clients are often better off when they use an adviser....
Life/Risk
The latest data from research house Dexx&r has revealed the degree to which a cessation of direct life insurance sales has hit the bottom lines of the major life insurers...
Expert Analysis
Replacing insurance cover can be complicated and fraught with risk. Col Fullagar outlines steps advisers can take to navigate conversations with clients around this and e...
Features
Major banks and AMP Limited have exited life insurance, significant consolidation has occurred and the Royal Commission has delivered a verdict but, as Mike Taylor writes...
Expert Analysis
Much has been written about trust since the Banking Royal Commission’s final report, Chris Powell writes, but how can life insurers help advisers respond?...
Life/Risk
New research has confirmed what the life insurance already knew that most consumers simply don’t want to pay for life/risk advice – something which places new importance ...
Life/Risk
Australia’s major life/risk insurers have clearly backed the importance of life/risk advisers and signalled their concern at any move to abolish commissions after the 202...
Life/Risk
There’s a new kid on the block in retail insurance, with Integrity Life yesterday launching into the market, with a key selling point being its lack of legacy constraints...
Life/Risk
The Federal Government has outlined how it intends on removing the exclusion of insurance claims-handling from the Corporations Act to make it a defined financial service...
Life/Risk
Couples or families relying on two incomes could hit dire financial straits if one income earner was unable to work, but many individuals in that situation aren’t adequat...
Financial planning
Australian financial services companies should embrace a regional mindset and become players in the Asia Pacific, according to life insurance veteran, Rob Macpherson....
Tools & guides
Suzie Brown outlines some of the key considerations for financial advisers when making life insurance recommendations and provides an overview of the upcoming legislative...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers has claimed the Royal Commission failed to hit what it was aiming at and, instead, has impacted small financial advisers and mortgag...
Life/Risk
Risk-focused financial planning group, Synchron has signalled its intention to lobby the Government for the retention of life/risk commissions beyond the 2022 Life Insura...
Life/Risk
A new white paper has argued for the life/risk sector to adopt a new approach to income protection reflecting the reality of economic conditions and earnings....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...