Recent study finds people are increasingly using the global financial crisis as a reason to cancel their life insurance policy....

'Simple advice' may actually erode super balances if members don't understand the limitations of the information they're receiving, according to research by Guardian Fina...

AXA general manager of financial protection Michael Rogers has cast some doubt on market speculation that more planners are selling more life insurance....

ING has upgraded its OneAnswer super offering with the addition of an online insurance tool....

In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....

Sustainability is the forgotten innovation in retail life insurance, writes Sean McCormack....

Government bonds, infrastructure bonds and CPI-linked bonds can underpin a long-term retirement product....

One of the traditional strongholds of financial planners, insurance sales, may be under threat, with the intra-fund advice regime giving superannuation funds the power to...

Life insurance risk market inflows have increased by 16.1 per cent to $7.6 billion for the 12 months to March 2009, according to researcher Plan for Life....

MLC named life insurance company of the year at the 2009 Australia and New Zealand insurance industry awards ahead of finalists AMP and CommInsure....

Canstar Cannex has warned that while direct life insurance does have a place, consumers who don't seek advice may end up paying higher premiums....

Lump sum protection policies linked to the Aviva platform represented 14.8 per cent of new business for the year ended May 2009, up from just 3 per cent in 2007....

Some financial planning practices looking for acquisitions are beginning to question the value of purchasing a practice with a retired client base....

Women are disadvantaged in insurance because they undervalue their contribution to a relationship....