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Australia needs a “risk champion” to encourage younger people to enter into the risk industry, according to MetLife senior vice-president Joe Jordan....
Life/Risk
The Association of Financial Advisers has launched a year-long training program to try to attract younger risk advisers to the profession....
Financial planning
Consumers will soon be able to choose their own super fund, but that doesn’t mean they should let their life insurance run through to the keeper. Ross Kelly reports....
Life/Risk
Could compulsory life insurance be the answer to the chronic level of underinsurance in Australia? Ross Kelly reports....
Life/Risk
The corporate regulator has released a consultation paper detailing proposals to allow general insurers to operate without a licence and in a separate initiative, has pro...
Life/Risk
Australians are underinsured to the staggering tune of almost $500,000, a new report has found....
Financial planning
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has said it wants to encourage whistle-blowing in the financial services sector and expects the institutions it administers...
Editorial
Proceeds from the sale of the Australian arm of its wealth management business, a benevolent market climate and the completion of a successful two year recovery strategy ...
Life/Risk
The need for insurance has never been greater, with personal debt at historically high levels. Credit continues to grow at an annualised rate of around 13 per cent, while...
Financial planning
Findings recently released by AXA Australia and Dexx&r into the level of under-insurance in Australia reveal that Australian women are chronically under-insured....
Financial planning
Tower’s decision to opt for a float of its wealth management arm instead of a trade sale was driven in part by a legacy agreement between its dealer group, Bridges Financ...
Financial planning
The overwhelming majority of Australian companies - including financial planning businesses - do not have plans in place to deal with a major disruption to their operatio...
Financial planning
NZ-based general and life insurance firm Tower will seek to grow by acquisition using a $130 million cash payment it will receive next year from the sale of its wealth ma...
Financial planning
Australia’s prudential regulator is in a stronger position to monitor the banking, general insurance and superannuation industries thanks to receiving a significant boost...
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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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...