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Despite revenue growth, TAL is not immune to the challenges facing the life insurance industry, having more than halved its net profit in the last six months....
Life/Risk
Asteron Life has launched a new remuneration structure for advisers, which will see them receive 10 per cent extra commission in year one....
People & Products
TAL has appointed Emlyn Pugh as head of retail claims to bolster its newly centralised operational centre....
Life/Risk
Around half of Australian adults are more likely to use the internet rather than visit a financial adviser or broker when researching or changing a financial product. ...
Financial planning
Money Management and Super Review reveal a shortlist for their inaugural Women in Financial Services Awards....
Financial planning
Lying on insurance forms and not declaring taxable income are among the ways a sizable proportion of Americans are cheating the financial system, a survey found. ...
Life/Risk
Life insurer TAL has unveiled a new technology solution for its latest partner, which it says aligns the group insurance market with global standards for the first time. ...
Financial planning
A new analysis suggests the push by the major banks into planning and life insurance is not yet paying the dividends they hoped for. ...
Financial planning
The growth in Westpac-aligned planner numbers was one of the major reasons the bank’s wealth management division performed particularly well in the last year. ...
Funds management
NAB Wealth has reported a mixed result for the year ending 30 September, mostly due to the challenging life insurance industry conditions....
Life/Risk
ASIC has made it clear it would like to see life insurance commissions banned as it would be the most effective way of combating churn, according to The Fold Legal managi...
Life/Risk
Insure 247 has made changes to its online insurance websites after ASIC raised concerns that they contained misleading and deceptive advertising....
Editorial
This may become the Asian century but the wealth management sectors of each Asian country behave differently and have varying products, processes and problems that requir...
Editorial
AMP’s life insurance arm had a $24 million loss in Q3, half of which came from lapsed policies....
Financial planning
Life insurer TAL this week acquired all of the shares in the online life insurance business Lifebroker that it did not already own. ...
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