LIFE INSURANCE
Financial planning
Two major life insurers have expressed concerns over proposed Federal Government legislation that gives extensive additional powers to the Australian Prudential Regulatio...
Financial planning
Financial Ombudsman Service investments, life insurance and superannuation ombudsman Alison Maynard and financial services lawyer Mark Halsey clash over an allegation by ...
Life/Risk
Sixty per cent claim their main concern was ensuring that the family mortgage would be paid if the unexpected happened....
Financial planning
Attempts to address underinsurance problem in Australia by means of adviser education....
Financial planning
Advisers are increasingly diversifying into debt solution strategies to drive revenues in a dislocated market....
Life/Risk
The national broking group wants to strengthen its life insurance offerings in its 28 branches by recruiting FPA and AFA members to service its existing business client b...
Financial planning
The Financial Ombudsman Service has launched a Financial Planning Advisory Committee with the mandate to advise the ombudsman on all issues affecting financial service pr...
Financial planning
After a long period of wealth creation, wealth protection is suddenly popular again. BENJAMIN LEVY takes a look at the life risk industry in 2009....
Life/Risk
Getting a client's sum insured right can be the difference between gaining a client and losing one, writes GERARD KERR....
Life/Risk
Improved trauma definitions for progressive conditions and extended income protection insurance....
Life/Risk
Average payout for the death of a partner will not protect families from financial problems....
Life/Risk
Important for workers to review insurance arrangements in the current economic environment....
Policy & Regulation
Additional changes would remove impediments to super mergers; application period extended until 2011....
Life/Risk
Plan for Life research shows new premium sales up 10.7 per cent....
Financial planning
AMP Financial Services will fill a gap it sees in its superannuation product strategy with the launch of two new products - one for younger clients and another for the se...
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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...