LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....

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Financial planning

As financial advisers seek new ways to save time on their processing needs, AIA Australia has enhanced its online quoting and application solution in order to meet a grow...

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Financial planning

Challenger’s Liquid Lifetime annuity provides a guaranteed income for life, the ability to keep pace with inflation, the potential to increase Age Pension benefits, and i...

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Life/Risk

In the wake of the Financial Services Council's release of its Life Insurance Framework, Money Management recently joined with the Association of Financial Advisers to br...

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Life/Risk

New research undertaken by CommInsure has reinforced the long-term implications of the Government's remuneration restrictions around the sale of life/risk insurance withi...

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Superannuation

The Government has opted for only limited impacts on superannuation in its MYEFO approach, but has increased the SMSF levy....

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Life/Risk

When it comes to income protection, clients’ individual circumstances will dictate whether that cover is held inside or outside of superannuation. TAL’s David Glen weighs...

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Life/Risk

CommInsure’s Jeffrey Scott explains the value of partial payment insurance benefits, which have evolved significantly since their introduction 20 years ago....

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Financial planning

Australian-based financial services software provider Bravura has this week been named as one of only two Australian companies among the world’s top 100 technology vendor...

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Financial planning

The number of disputes relating to investments taken to FOS in the 2011-12 financial year dropped by 13 per cent on the previous year....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has claimed that tricky drafting of the legislation delivering MySuper has effectively infringed the property and income right...

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Life/Risk

Col Fullagar gains insight into a client's duty of disclosure to an insurance company by studying a number of court disputes on the matter....

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Life/Risk

NRMA Insurance has pushed into the life insurance market under an alliance agreement with TAL....

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Editorial

On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...

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Financial planning

AMP has trumpeted the fact that its trauma offering has picked up an award from ratings house Canstar Cannex....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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