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Financial planning

Big Sky Financial Solutions has acquired Perth-based financial planning firm Westwide Financial Services....

Financial planning

Diversifying an advice practice through acquisitions can become an expensive exercise when advisers don't have the expertise to retain the clients they paid for, argues A...

Life/Risk

With the implications surrounding genetic testing a growing concern for the public, Col Fullagar examines the industry's handling of the issue in relation to insurance....

Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on the Government to think carefully before considering a ban on risk insurance commissions, referring not only to ...

Life/Risk

The latest Rice Warner report shows the number of direct life insurance products sold in Australia has increased by 29 over the past two years....

Financial planning

Smartline Personal Mortgage Advisers has partnered with Aon Financial Planning & Protection to extend its risk insurance offering....

Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry is fraught with complexities. Angela Faherty takes a look at the challenges facing the sector, and how it can work to better educate consumers...

Life/Risk

Regulators need to tread carefully if they consider extending the proposed ban on commissions to risk insurance....

Life/Risk

Col Fullagar outlines the key things to consider when performing a client insurance review....

Editorial

RetireInvest's Col Fullagar takes a look at insurance within superannuation and highlights the key aspects to consider....

Life/Risk

Insurers will need to look after existing clients and reward loyalty if they want to ensure continuing demand, according to ING....

Financial planning

Three former ANZ banking professionals are now focusing on providing insurance advice to high-net-worth clients out of their offices across the eastern seaboard....

Life/Risk

WriteAway to manage new cases through to policy completion within 20 to 30 minutes....

Life/Risk

Despite recent headway made in reducing the underinsurance problem, too many Australians are still too exposed to risk....

Financial planning

Service payments between planners and clients are not an issue for government regulation, financial planner Wayne Leggett has argued to the parliamentary committee inquir...

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