Col Fullagar explores a risk insurance advice court case to argue that financial advisers must “up the ante” in client services before judgements form precedent. ...

Limited seats available! The highly controversial Trowbridge report is set to be discussed live with John Trowbridge and an expert panel on Tuesday 21 April at the MM Lea...

A Perth based adviser has challenged politicians to run a successful risk insurance businesses under the models they are advocating claiming it would be impossible to do ...

While there has been plenty of debate around risk insurance advice, Col Fullagar argues that a more important debate needs to be had about how the major insurers deliver ...

Australia’s life insurance sector has been put on notice that its current model is unsustainable and handed a reform ultimatum by regulators. But what will this mean for ...

Instead of targeting commissions for life insurance products, policy reforms should revisit conflicted remuneration, which hasn’t been properly handled by FOFA, Chan & Na...

The Australian market’s current risk management offering is a poor fit for the real threats facing local businesses, most of which are “uninsurable”....

ASIC’s upcoming report on risk insurance churn is likely to lead to further debate on removing commissions but would overlook the related costs of advice according to Syn...

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed AMP group executive insurance and superannuation Pauline Blight-Johnston to its board....

While OnePath and TAL have recorded the highest growth in premium inflows over the year, AMP still holds the largest market share in the retail risk space, according to P...

A referral expert claims accountants are silent on under-insurance, letting clients’ policies lapse. ...

The risk insurance industry is often defined by its challenges, with under-insurance, lapse, regulation and competing direct propositions unlikely to disappear. Despite t...

APRA last week called in Australia’s major group life/risk insurers to caution them to better risk manage current market conditions. ...

Zurich survey reveals risk advisers will enter 2014 feeling more positive than they have for two years....