LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

The FPA has kicked off its financial planning week, which will allow consumers to get free financial advice from its members....

Editorial

Life drags on Suncorp result but the company looks to generate sales via direct and general channels. ...

Life/Risk

APRA June quarter life insurance data has laid bare the problems impacting the major insurers....

Financial planning

Outgoing AMP chief Craig Dunn announced the company is planning to cut $200 million in recurring costs over the next three years....

Life/Risk

Life insurance companies and other institutions will receive a 12-month transition period on implementing APRA’s risk management requirements, the regulator has announced...

Financial planning

Life drags on an otherwise strong AMP half-year result strongly underpinned by wealth management....

Life/Risk

A lack of rehabilitation and early intervention programs could be negatively impacting the productivity of Australian businesses, a new report by AIA has claimed. ...

Life/Risk

Zurich boss Colin Morgan says upfront commissions have an ongoing place in insurance advice....

Life/Risk

It started life misnamed as insurance which created widespread misunderstanding. Gavin Lai explains why it’s important to understand that DisabilityCare complements rathe...

Superannuation

TAL has upgraded its insurance offering in the superannuation market, including making its Superlink Stand Alone Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) offering available t...

Life/Risk

Suncorp’s life insurance division is set to take a fall in net profit after tax of more than 75 per cent, mostly due to the negative market adjustments. ...

Life/Risk

Pan-Asian insurer AIA Group has boosted new business by more than 25 per cent. ...

Superannuation

Recent legislative change has cast a shadow over whether reversionary pensions are actually all that important, writes Aaron Dunn. ...

Life/Risk

Adviser remuneration is only one part of the equation on life/risk churn, says AFA chief executive Brad Fox....

Life/Risk

The insurance losses reported by AMP and RGA reflect pricing for good times and a need to adapt to tough times....

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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. ...

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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. ...

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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