INSURANCE COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

Financial planning

There are mixed views on the proposed decoupling of ‘personal advice’ from the definition of ‘financial service’, according to submissions to the ALRC’s Financial Service...

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Life/Risk

Life insurance and group insurance inside superannuation will be exempt from the Government’s deferred sales model. ...

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People & Products

Mercer has appointed senior executive Paul Giles to the role of senior client manager, responsible for large industry and public sector clients....

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Financial planning

The Insurance Council of Australia has told the Productivity Commission that general insurance agents feel hamstrung by the personal advice rules and want more flexibilit...

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