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Risk commissions paid to advisers have been under attack for some time. If they were to be completely eliminated, however, what would be a viable alternative? Col Fullaga...
Financial planning
Business confidence in the finance and insurance industry remained steady despite an overall decline as 2012 wound down, according to Roy Morgan industry communications d...
Superannuation
Insurers and superannuation funds will need to start making tailored insurance offers to customers to combat the underinsurance problem, rather than continuing the "blank...
Life/Risk
TAL has become the first Australian life insurer to sign on to the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance....
Financial planning
A financial adviser has raised concerns about some of the marketing strategies used by banks to sell life insurance, which could have a negative financial impact on risk ...
Life/Risk
Even if price wasn’t a factor, AMP’s Chris Kirby argues that Australia would still have an under-insurance problem. This is why it is the industry’s job to kill preconcep...
Life/Risk
RGA Reinsurance Company managing director Pauline Blight-Johnston will join AMP from May next year, replacing Ian Campbell in the role of director wealth protection and m...
Life/Risk
The insurance industry will need to take a more innovative approach to technology in its decision-making and operations if it wants to survive continuing economic pressur...
Life/Risk
Insurance brokers have told Money Management Vero Insurance representatives have alerted them to a price hike of up to 50 per cent to Vero's professional indemnity insura...
Life/Risk
OnePath has been crowned Money Management/DEXX&R Risk Company of the Year 2012, with TAL and BT Life taking silver and bronze respectively....
Editorial
Gloomy headlines have at least played a part in creating financial anxiety among Australian investors. Tim Browne explains why it’s important for financial advisers to us...
Life/Risk
Allen Iu writes that the communication evolution is changing the way the life insurance industry connects with customers – and could help us solve the underinsurance prob...
Life/Risk
Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has announced a new life insurance sales policy revolving around the clawback of commissions if a policy lapses in...
Life/Risk
For insurers to survive and thrive they must pursue a program of continuous and customer-led innovation, writes Duncan West....
Life/Risk
Industry discussion in relation to what constitutes 'churning' in life insurance needs to be replaced with a debate on a sustainable remuneration model for switching poli...
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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
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....