LIFE INSURANCE

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Offering life insurance via its superannuation wrap has secured BT Financial Group (BTFG) top spot in both Super Risk categories (See also: Adviser Choice Super Risk Disa...

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OnePath outshone its competitors in the risk trauma products category in the Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards, with MLC Insurance Critical Illness Plus ...

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BT Financial Group is two for two with insurance in super on platforms winning this category, as well as that of Super Risk Term & TPD Rider. ...

Financial planning

The FSI final report recommendations has singled out life/risk commissions for particular attention, urging a level commissions approach....

Policy & Regulation

The FSI final report has placed stockbrokers squarely in the regulatory cross-hairs....

Financial planning

The FSI final recommendations seek to place greater onus on product manufacturers....

Financial planning

ISA has fired a last shot across the bows of retail financial advice before the release of the FSI report calling for the “conflict-ridden, vertically integrated business...

Life/Risk

Government and regulators have focussed on life insurance commissions purely as a dollar amount while not acting on churn in other commission based advice sectors....

Life/Risk

Poor advice relating to life insurance is a systemic issue and not epithet work of a few rogues, according to ASIC....

Life/Risk

BT Financial Group has been named Risk Company of the Year in the Money Management/DEXX&R Risk Company of the Year Awards....

People & Products

Industry fund service provider and managing director of IFS Insurance Solutions Robert Nunez is joining CommInsure early next year....

Financial planning

More women are employed in financial services than men but still lag in leadership roles and still face sizable gaps in their remuneration...

Life/Risk

The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....

Life/Risk

TAL chief executive, Jim Minto, says the Australian life insurance sector is still being confronted by difficult markets and challenges....

Superannuation

Constant regulatory tinkering means the cost effectiveness of Australia’s superannuation system is still not comparable to the rest of the world, Rice Warner head Michael...

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