LIFE INSURANCE
Life/Risk
Advisers must be extremely diligent about ensuring they fulfill their duty of care, as two recent court cases have shown. David Glen runs through the post-FOFA adviser ch...
Life/Risk
AIA Australia will offer direct life to consumers under a deal with Bendigo Bank to offer bank branded insurance products. ...
Financial planning
ANZ's OnePath has upgraded its OneCare insurance offering based on adviser feedback...
Life/Risk
Retail giant, Coles, is expanding its financial services offering to include life insurance, with MetLife underwriting the venture. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Ombudsman Service claims it will deliver on first round of changes to improve dispute resolution process...
Life/Risk
Suncorp announces $350m write-down for Life business amid continuing industry headwinds....
Funds management
CommInsure has been named winner of the Marketing Team of the Year for its work across five separate issues faced by the group in the past 12 months....
Life/Risk
Best Interest Duty will require risk advisers to examine every life insurance policy held by a client even if not on their approved product list...
Editorial
Life insurer TAL has managed to maintain profitability despite record claims payouts....
Life/Risk
AMP chief executive Craig Meller has told shareholders the company is re-engineering its insurance business, believing recent customer behaviour may be here to stay....
Life/Risk
Businesses that sell general or life insurance, or offer credit as an ‘add-on’ insurance offering, should be on guard as they come under ASIC scrutiny, a law firm warns....
Financial planning
Two new directors have been added to the board of major insurer TAL. ...
Financial planning
Building up a decent savings pool has been listed at a top priority for young Australians, ahead of leisurely pursuits, according to a pre-budget TAL survey. ...
Superannuation
Zurich says it has been priced out of the Australian group life insurance space and plans to withdraw from the market. ...
Life/Risk
Virgin Money has been fined more than $30,000 for misleading advertising related to its promotion of a life insurance product....
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