LIFE INSURANCE
Financial planning
ING’s product line-up now reflects the importance of stay-at-home parents, with an increased maximum sum insured of $1.5 million for its total and permanent disability (T...
Financial planning
HBOS’ wealth creation arm, St Andrew’s Australia, has signed an agreement with wealth management applications and professional services provider Bravura Solutions to util...
Editorial
HBOS’ wealth creation arm St Andrew’s Australia has reported a pre-tax profit of $22.6 million for the 2006 year....
Financial planning
Tower will go live on April 2 with its revamped protection business that has seen changes to adviser service delivery and product upgrades....
Superannuation
Mariner Financial believes self-managed superannuation funds are increasingly attractive in the lead-up to the Government’s July 1, 2007, superannuation reforms deadline,...
Financial planning
Tower Australia has renewed its group life insurance mandate with Westscheme Superannuation Fund, reaffirming its belief that retail and group life insurance can be succe...
Life/Risk
Australia’s banking institutions are targeting time-poor investors, with ANZ and ING Australia rolling out a new life insurance service that takes 15 minutes for approval...
Financial planning
Macquarie Adviser Services has launched a new non-super linked life insurance product that allows financial planners to provide fully underwritten coverage through an onl...
Financial planning
A new survey revealing that the average mortgage in both Western Australia and NSW is now over $330,000 has prompted major insurer Tower Australia to urge a lifting in th...
Financial planning
The Financial Industry Complaints Service has prevailed in a Federal Court application over its jurisdiction to resolve Westpoint complaints, but it has turned out to be ...
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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’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...