LIFE INSURANCE
Life/Risk
Recently launched insurance product from Macquarie Life, Macquarie Life Active, has reached a $1 million milestone in premiums....
Top 100
ING Life has once again scooped the top award for the total and permanent disability term and rider category of the Money Management/Dexx&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards...
Editorial
There is a broad attack on commissions in financial services. Robert Keavney considers whether the risk advice industry can survive it, and whether it should survive it....
Editorial
Marcello Bertasso explains why in a world of underinsurance, life insurance companies need to cast their nets a little wider....
Top 100
Listening to consumer and adviser demands and embracing technology have been the focal points for the top life companies in this year's Money Management/Dexx&R Advise...
Top 100
A history of innovation was responsible for Macquarie getting the top spot in the business overheads product category of the Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Life/Risk
The risk insurance industry is adapting to people either choosing or having to work past retirement age....
Life/Risk
The need for life insurance continues to grow as Australians continue to fall deeper into personal debt – and insurers owned by Australia’s four major banks will take alm...
Editorial
Tim Browne explains why CommInsure opposes a ban on commissions....
Life/Risk
Life insurance providers are confident churn rates will decline as advisers become more focused on sustainable writing practices....
Life/Risk
Insurance policies included in superannuation have increased the overall coverage of working Australians but insufficient default levels of insurance in many cases are cr...
Life/Risk
Directly marketed life insurance products seem to have picked up in popularity, with the sector posting an increase in sales of 27 per cent, according to Canstar Cannex r...
Financial planning
Online information portals could be powerful tools for advisers to engage their clients in the difficult discussion of risk insurance, and two such portals were recently ...
Financial planning
Tower Australia has appointed two new members to its risk new business team, with Jason Scott joining the company as national fulfilment manager for retail life and Helen...
Financial planning
Clearview has reported a solid profit and has positioned itself to leverage its exclusive access to the Bupa customer base....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...