risk advisers

Financial planning

Are life insurance advisers at risk of extinction?

Less than 1 per cent of total advisers are ‘pure risk’ advisers as commission changes and premium increases drive them out of the profession or into new advice careers, s...

Life/Risk

Risk specialists future is positive: Zurich

Despite specialist risk advisers unable to currently grow their businesses, the need for life insurance is emphatic and new advice models will help their future, accordin...

Financial planning

Specialist consultancy a potential solution for older risk advisers

Risk advisers who don’t want to see through the education requirements could stay in the industry via a consultancy network....

Financial planning

Risk advisers hit back at Maurice Blackburn

Risk specialists, Australian Financial Risk Management have hit back at plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn suggesting it has criticised risks advisers on the basis of s...

Financial planning

Explain your value – Law firm attacks risk advisers

Risk advisers need to explain why consumers can be worse off taking advised insurance when compared to those taking group insurance within superannuation, according to pl...

Policy & Regulation

Mortgage brokers angered by clawbacks

Mortgage brokers believe the embedding of commission clawbacks in legislation will see them working for nothing....

Financial planning

ClearView announces LIF-focused enhancements

Publicly-listed insurer ClearView has unveiled the first of a series of enhancements aimed at helping risk advisers deal with the new Life Insurance Framework commercial ...

Financial planning

ASIC’s plan to ban high risk advisers

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed its plan to ban advisers it regards as being high risk and having ongoing compliance issues....