LIFE INSURANCE

People & Products

Life insurer TAL has appointed a chief risk officer to its senior executive team to bolster its risk management sector....

Financial planning

Private health model for disability insurance could save government $8.5 billion, says the FSC....

Superannuation

Macquarie Bank's David Barrett takes a closer look at the cost complexities of setting up a SMSF....

Financial planning

ASFA suggests the development of specialised accreditation for planners providing retirement and post-retirement advice....

Life/Risk

Skyrocketing life insurance claims have been grabbing headlines for some time now, but the impact on advisers – and the input of lawyers – has largely gone unreported, Cr...

Policy & Regulation

Scaled and scoped advice has received undue focus under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation, and is a sign of increasing levels of paternalism in legislatio...

Financial planning

Financial advisers are still not addressing longevity risk and having conversations with clients about what they will do if they live too long, according to one speaker a...

Financial planning

The FSC has called for a statute of limitations on group disability claims to help stabilise premium pricing....

Financial planning

Recognition for companies and individuals in FSC Life Awards....

Financial planning

Contrary to what some believe, the client owns the client: the client is not owned by the adviser, the dealer group or the broker, as Craig Parker explains. ...

Life/Risk

New MetLife/FSC research reveals that tax incentives similar to those applied to health insurance could help bridge Australia’s under-insurance gap....

Superannuation

More than a third (35 per cent) of Australians see life insurance as just another insurance product people are trying to sell them and believe superannuation is enough to...

Financial planning

Actuarial consultancy, Rice Warner, has undertaken what it has described as a "major restructure" which has involved new appointments and a reorganisation of the business...

Financial planning

Financial advisers have to advocate further to avoid the growing involvement of lawyers in the insurance claims process....

Life/Risk

High levels of under-insurance are raising social security costs, with more than a third having no disability insurance....

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