Financial advisers should be granted as much leeway as lawyers in providing assistance with insurance claims, according to the Association of Financial Advisers....
Superannuation funds negotiating new group insurance arrangements will have to prove and certify that they are in the best interests of members....
Members are now able to obtain more insurance cover without the need for underwriting....
In the latest step of the acquisition, AIA Australia will notify CommInsure policyholders of their transfer to the life insurer which is subject to the Federal Court of A...
Nippon Life and National Australia Bank have provided a $650 million capital injection to MLC Life with Nippon Life declaring it will be carefully monitoring developments...
Suncorp has denied the existence of entrenched problems with respect to its total and permanent disability insurance offering but has nonetheless initiated a comprehensiv...
Younger superannuation members and those in insurance policies with more restrictive terms and conditions may be receiving relatively low value for money, according to th...
Commonwealth Bank has announced its divestment of 37.5% equity interest in BoCommLife to MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings has been approved by the China Banking and Insuran...
The partnership will deliver a mix of insurance broking, account and tax services to members of either firm....
Westpac has announced it will sell its General Insurance and General Insurance Services to Allianz for $725 million and has entered into an exclusive 20-year distribution...
As the Australian Securities and Investments Commission kicks off its review of the Life Insurance Framework a new report has defended the value of life/risk commissions....
In yet another sign of the challenging times confronting the life insurance industry in Australia, Hannover Life Re has announced it is exiting the direct group market to...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...