LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Australian investors may have built up a so-called "wall of cash" as they cling to safety in volatile times, but new research conducted by Wealth Insights suggests planne...

Editorial

A Money Management/Association of Financial Advisers forum dealing with the Financial Services Council’s framework on life/risk remuneration uncovered strong feelings and...

Life/Risk

APRA outlines capital adequacy and solvency standards ahead of amendments to Life Act....

Top 100

OnePath's Trauma Premier cover has taken out this year’s Money Management/Dexx&r Adviser Choice Risk Award for trauma products....

Top 100

AIA Australia has won the business overhead category of this year’s Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

Top 100

OnePath has remained at the top of the insurance game over the past 12 months and has again been named Money Management/Dexx&r's Risk Company of the Year....

Financial planning

Privately owned platform provider netwealth has struck a deal with major insurer TAL to add the TAL Accelerated Protection product to its LifeWRAP facility....

Life/Risk

The opt-in requirement will touch the day-to-day operations of risk advisers who have switched to some form of fee remuneration model, writes Sue Laing....

Superannuation

AIA Australia has made it clear that SMSF trustees now have a number of insurance options at their disposal....

Life/Risk

The Financial Services Council has received support from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for its new framework aimed at reducing churning in life/ris...

Superannuation

Lack of knowledge among financial advisers seems to be the main reason for the shortfall in the take-up of life insurance cover in the SMSF market, according to research ...

Superannuation

A gap in knowledge has been identified as the main reason for the decline in the purchase of life insurance cover by SMSFs, AIA has found....

Life/Risk

Allen Iu writes that the communication evolution is changing the way the life insurance industry connects with customers – and could help us solve the underinsurance prob...

Life/Risk

ClearView has posted positive results for the 2011/2012 financial year after extending its reach into the life insurance and wealth management markets....

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that when FSC chief executive John Brogden announced the framework of new claw-back provisions around the sale of life policies, he reignited a debate ...

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