LIFE INSURANCE

People & Products

Life insurer TAL is hiring a UK start-up venture entrepreneur to take up the newly created executive role which will focus specifically on innovation and the “disruption ...

Financial planning

Financial advice has remained the major issue in almost all areas of investment-related complaints filed with the Financial Ombudsman Service. ...

Life/Risk

TAL has acquired the remainder of online insurance comparator Lifebroker after holding a small stake in the company for three years. ...

Editorial

Challenger confirms 31 per cent quarterly increase in life annuity sales....

Life/Risk

Risk commission concerns have blocked discussions about client trust and appropriate selling of risk insurance...

Financial planning

Nominations for Money Management/Super Review Women in Financial Services Awards close soon....

Life/Risk

ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell has used his speech at the AFA national conference to announce major surveillance of retail advice with respect to life insurance. ...

Life/Risk

CommInsure’s Tim Browne says the company had stopped using the word ‘churn’ because it doesn’t accurately represent the underlying issue, which is policy design....

Financial planning

Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos flags what could be a lengthy process to FOFA changes....

Financial planning

The BT life insurance business this week laid claim to passing a milestone, with one million policies now in-force....

Life/Risk

Wealth management firm Centric Wealth has cautioned investors against buying life insurance products online, as their complexity could result in a claim being rejected....

Life/Risk

Advice professionals give muted okay to life company support services....

Financial planning

Perth-based Chambers Investment Partners has had its Australian financial services licence cancelled after the company failed to obtain professional indemnity insurance a...

Financial planning

Financial planners in New Zealand may use the introduction of the Trans-Tasman Portability Scheme as a way to upsell incoming clients on insurance. ...

Superannuation

CSSA is calling on the Coalition to adopt the super leniency regulation it put forward under Labor....

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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

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

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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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