LIFE/RISK
Awards
Congratulations to TAL for winning the Disability Income Products category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Awards
Congratulations to MLC for winning the Business Overhead Products category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Awards
Congratulations to MLC for winning the Super Term and TPD Rider product at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Awards
Congratulations to MLC for winning the Super Disability Income Product category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Awards
Congratulations to Kinetic Super for winning the Group Super Term and TPD Rider Product at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Awards
Congratulations to First State Super for winning the Group Super Disability Income Product category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Life/Risk
New survey data collected by Money Management reveals that advisers expect insurers to grow their direct sales — something that will lead to a decline in adviser numbers....
Financial planning
ClearView looks to expand its IFA channel on the back of Sony Life taking a 14.9 per cent stake in the company....
Editorial
There will always be a big question mark over whether churn was a real problem or a handy political lever, but the outcome represents the exercise of pragmatic politics....
Financial planning
The AFA has welcomed the Government’s move to introduce the life insurance remuneration bill to the lower house today, particularly the move to treat life insurance attai...
People & Products
Zurich's acquisition of the Macquarie Life risk business has resulted in key hires in its distribution team across all states....
Life/Risk
The latest data from Dexx&r points to an improving outlook for life/risk insureres on the back of better lump sum and disability discontinuance rates....
Tools & guides
In part one of a two-part article, Col Fullagar will consider an alternative way to achieve Trowbridge's suggested reforms for life insurance companies, and in so doing s...
Financial planning
The AFA has received the required number of forms needed for an extraordinary general meeting....
Editorial
There can be no doubting how many life/risk advisers remain aggrieved by the LIF outcome, but bi-partisan Parliamentary support means there is no unscrambling the omelett...
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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...