LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

Superannuation-based life insurance creating false sense of security and incorrect insurance cover....

Policy & Regulation

The proposed scrapping of FOFA’s conflicted remuneration ban could give planners the green light to offer general advice - but they should still approach with caution, a ...

People & Products

BT Financial Group has made changes to its life insurance sector, appointing Richard Zarzeczny as chief underwriter....

Financial planning

FSC calls for nominations for its 2014 Life Insurance Awards....

Financial planning

AIA Australia has released a new commission payment model for advisers, which it says could almost double the value of advisers’ business over 10 years....

Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry is often defined by its challenges, with under-insurance, lapse, regulation and competing direct propositions unlikely to disappear. Despite t...

Editorial

Lapse rates plaguing AMP’s life insurance business will likely get worse before they get better, the company’s CEO says....

Editorial

The strong performance of AMP’s financial planning business was not enough to offset a “challenging” year in the life insurance sector. ...

Financial planning

Touted as the next frontier for accountants, Limited Australian Financial Service Licences (AFSLs) are starting to gain traction with planners too. But what makes them so...

Life/Risk

APRA last week called in Australia’s major group life/risk insurers to caution them to better risk manage current market conditions. ...

Life/Risk

Younger generations are more likely to engage with their financial adviser and buy insurance, according to TAL’s new survey. ...

Financial planning

Clients considering aged care for their loved ones should be advised to speed up the process to avoid new means test rules set to kick in later this year, a life insuranc...

Financial planning

Planners should be articulating the value of advice instead of debating finer points of legislation. ...

Financial planning

Centrepoint positions for handling regulatory and support issues with key appointments....

Life/Risk

Life policy cancellations are at their highest levels in over two decades, new research shows....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

2 weeks 1 day ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

1 week ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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