Life insurers need to innovate, rather than slashing commissions to advisers, if they want create a more sustainable model, an insurance comparison website chief believes...

BT adjusts its superannuation-related life products to accommodate changes to the terminal illness release conditions....

ASIC has banned a life insurance adviser for three years after he did not meet adviser standards expected and failed to comply with financial services law....

Advisers transitioning to the new life/risk remuneration models were in for short-term pain but could be paid more commissions in the long run. ...

Life Insurer AIA Australia has appointed five new distribution team members to bolster adviser support resources before the transition to the new Life Insurance Framework...

Three months after it was first made public, the Life Insurance Framework still lacks a solid definition of which lapses represent churn....

Life risk sales rebounded in June after declining for two quarters but the sector remained flat in the year to June, DEXX&R data showed. ...

Advisers must take advantage of the new Prime Minister and lobby for change in the clawback provisions of the Life Insurance Framework, Synchron said....

New research confirms that the way income protection and TPD claims are handled are crucial to long-term outcomes....

The AIOFP has been rebuffed by the FPA and AFA in its efforts to present a ‘united front’ on the Life Insurance Framework....

Questions are being asked about whether letters from major life insurers pointing to significant premium rises represent a manifestation of price gouging. ...

Metlife has again ventured into the retail space via a partnership with Yellow Brick Road....

Financial advisers relying on risk commissions should consider moving to fee based advice, with the Life Insurance Framework set to hit commission based cashflow for at l...

The Association of Financial Advisers claims critics of its handling of the LIF outcome need to appreciate the political realities....