LIFE INSURANCE

People & Products

TAL Limited has announced the appointment of Kent Griffin as chief financial officer....

Superannuation

SMSF trustees need to make sure there is enough liquidity in their funds to balance out 'lumpy' assets such as property to avoid a potential fire sale of assets if they p...

People & Products

TAL has appointed John Hoyle as chief executive of its TAL Direct (InsuranceLine) business. ...

Superannuation

An increase in the number of people holding life insurance inside superannuation rather than outside it may mean more people have inadequate cover....

Superannuation

SMSF trustees need to be conscious of lumpy assets such as property within their fund portfolios in the event of death....

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has built on its successful phone-based claims handling system....

Financial planning

Paul Derham and Sonnie Bailey share a few mistakes they’ve seen financial planners make over the years and outline tips for saving time and money....

Financial planning

Life insurance and annuities have become far bigger parts of the revenue model for financial planners, according to the latest data compiled by Wealth Insights....

Life/Risk

BT Financial Group has cut clients' waiting times by extending their tele-claim services to include trauma claims....

Life/Risk

With life insurance being placed in the ‘too-hard’ basket for many Australians, the industry has developed simple and convenient methods to take out cover. However, as Ti...

Life/Risk

Industry discussion in relation to what constitutes 'churning' in life insurance needs to be replaced with a debate on a sustainable remuneration model for switching poli...

Life/Risk

Life insurance risk market has again recorded double-digit growth, with most risk companies achieving impressive results over the last year, according to research from Pl...

Superannuation

Along with appropriate property insurance, personal insurance is important when a SMSF has entered into a limited recourse borrowing arrangement to purchase property, wri...

Financial planning

Financial advisers are increasingly embracing the use of social media and iPads but are still learning how to use them in a business sense....

Editorial

Staying ahead of the curve on the technology, consumer and regulatory fronts can help our industry to quickly adapt and prosper. Brett Clark writes....

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