Aged care advice is too broad with multiple moving parts to have its own specific, narrow licensing condition, according to the Financial Planning Association....

Phil Anderson has returned to head policy and professionalism at the Association of Financial Advisers....

The Association of Financial Advisers has today announced the appointment of Linda Vogel to the role of general counsel, professionalism....

There is plenty of consumer and legal/regulatory experience, but there are only two planners on the Government’s new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority....

The AFA has voiced concerns ASIC’s industry funding model would pass costs aimed to remediate poor advisers on to all advisers....

The ASIC industry funding model bill failed to differentiate between miscreants and those advisers who did the right thing and provided no discounts for the latter....

A member of the Senate Economics Committee has described underwriting at time of claim as a 'serious problem' that the industry must address....

If insurers were made to drop underwriting policies at the time of claim could they accept the accompanying commercial pain?...

The Australian life/risk sector is facing a fundamental reshaping as advisers move beyond the LIF and banks consider their return on investment, Mike Taylor finds....

Life insurance competition has resulted in innovation in products, underwriting, customer services, and adviser training....

The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed adviser distribution specialist, Philip Kewin, as its new chief executive....

Association of Financial Advisers chief executive, Brad Fox is to step down from the role handing over to former Zurich executive, Philip Kewin....

Jassmyn Goh finds out what the industry’s concerns and expectations are relating to the new professional standards regime....

The Association of Financial Advisers wants key changes imposed on insurers including a ban on underwriting insurance at time of claim....