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CommInsure has announced the appointment of Kevin Goss as head of adviser distribution....
Life/Risk
The Government needs to start talking to the major insurers about a standardised approach to auto-consolidation....
People & Products
After six years with CommInsure, Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur has been appointed to head the company's national accounts portfolio....
Life/Risk
Different policy proposals are being suggested by the insurance industry to combat churn, but they have not been universally accepted. Who should be responsible for effor...
Life/Risk
The risk insurance industry has defied all odds and continued to experience strong growth amid economic uncertainty. However, that is not to say the sector has managed to...
Life/Risk
Evolving web-based technology has helped to create more active and better informed consumers, but the insurance industry has struggled to keep up with this changing deman...
Financial planning
The last 12 months have been a tough year for Australian insurers as highly-publicised natural disasters pushed up claims costs across the industry, but there is some opt...
Financial planning
The last 12 months have been a tough year for Australian insurers as highly-publicised natural disasters pushed up claims costs across the industry, but there is some opt...
Policy & Regulation
The National Insurance Brokers Association has warned of unnecessary fall-out from FOFA's 'one size fits all' approach....
Life/Risk
The Insurance Council of Australia has criticised Choice's review of flood insurance as irresponsible, claiming it may frighten at-risk property owners away from obtainin...
Financial planning
The insurance and superannuation industries are relatively well placed to absorb further falls in the stock market and a blow-out in credit spreads, according to APRA cha...
Life/Risk
The life insurance gap in Australia expanded from $540 billion to $927 billion between 2000 and 2010 - the fifth largest increase in the world, according to Swiss Re's 'M...
Editorial
The importance of maintaining insurance premiums cannot be underestimated as you never know when the unexpected will occur, writes Tim Browne....
Life/Risk
Towers Watson has boosted its investment services for insurers and reinsurers with the acquisition of investment advisory firm WellsCanning....
Life/Risk
Business capacity for global reinsurers remains strong in Australia and New Zealand despite the losses from the 2010/11 natural catastrophes, according to Aon Benfield's ...
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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....