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MLC and NAB Wealth have a new leader for its insurance business with the appointment of Duncan West....
Life/Risk
A study of the general insurance sector has revealed the degree to which natural disasters have affected premium levels....
Financial planning
Suncorp, which has the largest insurance market share in Queensland, is likely to be worst hit following the state’s flood disaster, with claims estimated to cost t...
Financial planning
Financial planners and accountants need to work together to lobby against licensing changes that affect both sectors in similar ways, according to HNW Planning director R...
Financial planning
Financial planners will be closely watching the discussion and debate surrounding the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....
Financial planning
The introduction of a statutory fiduciary duty for advisers could see the financial services industry return to the agent and broker models of its roots....
Editorial
In this concluding article of his series on risk insurance, Robert Keavney explores the differences between churning insurance and churning investments, and proposes a ne...
Financial planning
The financial services industry can expect greater Government and consumer scrutiny, according to Suncorp chief executive Patrick Snowball....
Editorial
The insurance industry carries legacy remuneration structures from the days of tied agents. Robert Keavney argues that they reduce industry profitability, contribute to u...
Editorial
There is a broad attack on commissions in financial services. Robert Keavney considers whether the risk advice industry can survive it, and whether it should survive it....
Top 100
Listening to consumer and adviser demands and embracing technology have been the focal points for the top life companies in this year's Money Management/Dexx&R Advise...
Life/Risk
The risk insurance industry is adapting to people either choosing or having to work past retirement age....
Financial planning
Online information portals could be powerful tools for advisers to engage their clients in the difficult discussion of risk insurance, and two such portals were recently ...
Life/Risk
Mike Taylor leads a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing the insurance industry. Topics covered include underinsurance, reaching younger consumers and advise...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council conference has been told that the group life sector will expand by upwards of 60 per cent over the next half decade....
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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...