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Life/Risk

We can buy everything online – clothes, shoes, cars, holidays – so it is only natural that the direct life insurance channel is becoming part of the online tsunami. How t...

Financial planning

As more financial advisers go down the specialist path, establishing a successful financial advice business in the new regulatory landscape may require a similar approach...

Financial planning

Dealer groups are looking to reduce the average age of their financial planner-base as a way of "future proofing" their business. ...

People & Products

Sentry Financial Group looks to retain, develop and recruit life risk advisers with the creation of a new marketing and wealth protection role. ...

Life/Risk

Up to 30 per cent of Australians may have no personal insurance, according to new research released today by major insurer, TAL....

People & Products

TAL has appointed former OnePath Life Risk head of finance and strategy Fred Rowley as chief actuary....

Life/Risk

Risk premium inflows and sales have once again achieved double-digit growth, with TAL and CommInsure emerging as success stories of 2012, according to Plan for Life figur...

Life/Risk

TAL has become the first Australian life insurer to sign on to the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance....

Life/Risk

Most Australians would rather spend any extra income on building up their savings than upgrading their life insurance policies, according to a national poll by TAL....

Life/Risk

The importance of life/risk sales to financial advisers' revenue streams has been underscored by the latest data released by research house DEXX&R....

Life/Risk

TAL chief executive Jim Minto points to the factors driving up group insurance premiums....

Financial planning

Changes to the distribution landscape and demand for products and services specifically targeted at risk specialists were the main drivers behind the launch of TAL's new ...

Financial planning

TAL Australia has announced the launch of Affinia, a new risk-specialist dealer group....

Life/Risk

The life insurance industry needs to continually improve their product offerings in order to bridge the underinsurance gap in Australia and deliver greater flexibility to...

Superannuation

TAL's David Glen outlines the advantages and disadvantages of holding business property in a SMSF and factors for financial planners to consider....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months 1 week ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

5 months 2 weeks ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

7 months 2 weeks ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

1 week ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

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ASIC has confirmed the industry funding levy for the 2024–25 financial year, and how much licensees can expect to pay....

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