LIFE INSURANCE

Superannuation

Melbourne-based life insurance broker Family Care Australia has entered into an alliance with MetLife Insurance to offer self-managed superannuation fund members “discoun...

Life/Risk

A group of financial planners in Mexico are completing life insurance sales within 15 minutes of a client walking through their door, according to CommInsure business gro...

Financial planning

New research has revealed it is still a man’s world when it comes to the executive positions of the finance and insurance industry....

Financial planning

FICS has reported a considerable reduction in consumer complaints against financial services providers....

Life/Risk

Exacerbating Australia’s insurance gap sting, new research has revealed that only 14 per cent of individuals view risk insurance as a coping mechanism for when life has d...

Financial planning

The Australian Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is joining forces with Professional Investment Services (PIS) in a move that should deliver considerable benefits for bot...

Financial planning

In the 1980’s, the life insurance industry was largely operating under an agency system whereby those providing insurance advice to clients were ‘agents’ of the insurer r...

Life/Risk

Since the introduction of superannuation freedom of choice legislation, there has been a greater focus on finding the best funds for clients. Most of the focus has been o...

Financial planning

The FPA has welcomed a reported increase in the number of breach of licence notifications received by the corporate regulator from the financial services industry....

Life/Risk

Retail insurance provider HBF has launched a new life insurance product, which will be issued by Zurich Australia but promoted under the HBF brand....

Life/Risk

Shadow shopper has revealed a “surprisingly” low percentage of consumers received life insurance advice although, according to industry experts, the responsibility lies o...

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services has launched a new web accessible risk software product that allows planners to access premium quotations on the Internet....

Life/Risk

New research has revealed that the advisory market is driving up life insurance sales and delivering planners considerable benefits in the process....

Financial planning

Financial planners have received another bad rap from the corporate regulator, with its latest shadow shopping report concluding that close to one in five advisers gave u...

Life/Risk

Leading agribusiness bank Rabobank Australia and insurance advisory firm Future Life Financial Services have joined forces to deliver a new life insurance solution to rur...

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