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Life/Risk

Letter from Shorten and consultation with ASIC prompts FSC to reopen moves for self-regulation around churn. ...

Life/Risk

ASIC will spend the next 12 months focusing intensely on churn, according to the senior executive leader of the financial advisers team, Joanna Bird. ...

Editorial

Geoff Summerhayes argues that there exist parallels between the public’s acceptance of sustainable energy and the push for a sustainable life insurance industry, with the...

Financial planning

After a long period of tremendous growth, life insurance sales have recorded their first drop, according to new DEXX&R figures....

Life/Risk

Direct life insurance seems to be having an impact on the advice market, with new research showing direct products are significantly cheaper than those available through ...

Financial planning

Specialist life insurer NobleOak has announced the launch of a new product aimed at the SMSF market....

Life/Risk

Life-risk sector benefits from strong investment returns to boost profit and revenue figures...

Life/Risk

Life insurers who are blaming high lapse and claim rates for poor profits need to focus on delivering competitive pricing and better products to consumers....

Funds management

BT Life's Michael Baragwanath has been named this year’s Money Management BDM of the Year. ...

Superannuation

Super funds should be able to provide limited advice on retirement products, according to ASFA’s newly released white paper. ...

Financial planning

Interest rate decline bites TAL’s underlying investments - but new business pushes ahead ...

Life/Risk

Taking out life insurance is not a main priority for many Australians, with almost half saying that it is too expensive, according to new research by life insurer TAL....

Life/Risk

Tower Limited has sold most of its life business to NZ-owned Fidelity Life to focus on general insurance....

Financial planning

The financial advice industry is mourning the loss of Synchron founder and director Paul Riegelhuth, who died late last week after an accident at his home on Sunday 28 Ap...

Editorial

Legal experts Samantha Hills and Grant Holley dissect the best interests duty and the obligations that come with it....

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