LIFE INSURANCE

Editorial

Robert Keavney recognises the trend for industry super funds to establish financial advice businesses, like their retail competitors. But he asks the question: Whose mone...

People & Products

AMP Financial Services has boosted its group risk team, adding three new appointments – Victoria Simpson, Jenny Vaitsas and Chris Taylor....

Life/Risk

Zurich Australia remains the top dog for business life insurance, according to the latest ratings by research house Canstar Cannex....

Financial planning

Clearview Wealth has made two new senior management appointments that will boost its marketing and compliance teams....

Financial planning

New Investment Trends research reveals who is using what amid a growing trend by planners to write risk and life....

Life/Risk

Stephen Kunz looks at the insurance ownership options available to clients....

People & Products

The Clearview Wealth board is now comprised of a majority of independent directors following the appointments of Anne Keating and Susan Thomas as non-executive directors....

Financial planning

A strong flow of new business has delivered a solid result to Tower Australia Limited....

Financial planning

Clients of ANZ’s OnePath will now earn Qantas frequent flyer points through the payment of eligible life insurance premiums....

Financial planning

Macquarie Life has joined forces with Teachers Health Fund to offer its new life insurance product to its 200,000 strong member base....

Life/Risk

Sydney-based software vendor Omnium has extended its use of the latest technology gadgets by launching the first iPad application for comparing, presenting and selling li...

Life/Risk

Almost half of adviser income from risk advice in the last 12 months came from new clients, with one in five advisers writing more than $100,000 in new risk premiums, acc...

Financial planning

Conflicting opinions have emerged within the financial services industry about the concept of introducing standard definitions of critical illnesses for Australian life i...

Life/Risk

Insurers including Zurich, Asteron and ING have called on Treasury to reveal some of its intentions concerning commissions for life insurance....

Financial planning

Conflicting opinions have emerged within the financial services industry about the concept of introducing standard definitions of critical illnesses for Australian life i...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

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

4 months 3 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

6 months 3 weeks ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

1 week 3 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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