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People & Products
In a move to expand its Australian presence, specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Duncan Richardson as life, accident and health development manager. ...
Editorial
Barry Lambert looks at the underlying value of an AFSL, why you might avoid buying one and the likely impact of licensing accountants. ...
Financial planning
Russell Investments has signalled a renewed focus on the superannuation and life insurance sectors via the appointment of Jodie Hampshire as its new head of institutional...
Life/Risk
Cultural shifts over the last few years might have resulted in consumers driving churn, according to an insurance executive....
Life/Risk
A new partnership will see Zurich added as the third insurer to netwealth’s LifeWrap facility....
Financial planning
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive officer Brad Fox has called for a new life insurance awareness campaign after a white paper revealed a huge gap be...
Financial planning
There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....
Financial planning
The distinction between wholesale and retail clients has been a fundamental part of the financial services laws since the 2004 Financial Services Reform legislation. Howe...
Life/Risk
Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....
Life/Risk
TAL will realign a number of its back-office functions and systems in an effort to maintain its position as the second largest life insurer in Australia, shifting TAL exe...
Financial planning
Insurer AIA Australia has launched its Priority Protection product suite on the Asgard superannuation platform....
Life/Risk
New measures introduced in the 2013 Budget will have an important flow-on effect on insurance in super, writes David Glen. ...
Financial planning
Adviser cops life ban for insurance applications in names of non-existent people ...
People & Products
Zurich Financial Services has added to its Western Australian life risk distribution team with the appointment of Ryan de Bruin as business development manager....
Life/Risk
Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...