INSURANCE

Financial planning

Financial planners are not doing enough to move their clients into level insurance premiums, resulting in higher costs for clients and higher profits for insurance compan...

Life/Risk

Hewison and Associates is now rebating all commissions paid on insurance policies, which it says will save clients thousands of dollars in hidden fees....

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Financial planning

Godfrey Pembroke has been unable to provide details of how a shift towards fee for advice payments will be achieved....

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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has joined the growing list of dealer groups that have committed to remove the commission payments that product providers make to f...

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Financial planning

Godfrey Pembroke has announced it will transition to a holistic fee-for-advice business model for its entire client base as part of its growth strategy in the private adv...

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Life/Risk

Australia's largest corporate superannuation fund has entered into an alliance with HCF to deliver discounted health insurance to members....

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Financial planning

Income protection insurance applications at ESI Super have surged since the fund formed a partnership with Australian Income Protection....

Life/Risk

Perpetual has boosted the default insurance cover on its Select Super Plan and increased the flexibility and options within the plan....

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Financial planning

The Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has reiterated the value of its Board of Advice (BoA) program, which it claims has resulted in the far-reaching improvement ...

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Editorial

The public's perception of insurance companies is not particularly favourable. CommInsure’s Graham Putt explains that it is up to the industry to promote its positive rol...

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Life/Risk

High upfront insurance commissions result in a dramatic overselling of products to people who cannot afford it, according to former Money Management Financial Planner of ...

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Financial planning

Clearview Retirement Solutions has been acquired as part of a deal between BUPA Australian and MMC Contrarian, but BUPA maintains a stake in its performance due to a 10-y...

Financial planning

NAB and AXA parent may have agreed about the fine details, but the ultimate fate of the merger rests with the ACCC....

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Life/Risk

ASIC has released regulatory guidance about the compensation and professional indemnity insurance obligations under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act....

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People & Products

Former ING New Zealand chief executive Marc Lieberman appointed to head Metlife in Australia....

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