LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Life insurance premium inflows declined in the 12 months to the end of June despite surges in the group superannuation investment and risk markets, according to figures r...

Financial planning

The life insurance industry has continued with its moves to become more profitable and the news is good for planners. JASON SPITS examines what senior executives are plan...

Financial planning

IF THERE was one phrase to illustrate what this year’s Top 100 has revealed, it would have to be “steady as it goes”....

Financial planning

One of the biggest moves in planning this year has been the emergence of Centrestone. SIMON SEGAL reports....

Financial planning

Preparing a financial plan for a client who has just been delivered a death sentence by the medical fraternity takes sensitivity and careful planning. JEFF LEVINS reports...

Financial planning

A business continuation plan will protect the financial interests of both continuing and departing principals, writes ANDREW LOWE....

Financial planning

LIFE insurance houses have finally admitted what the funds management industry has known for some time – that third party financial planners hold the reins when distribut...

Financial planning

As the banks move into financial services in a big way, most notably with Westpac’s acquisition of BT, conventional wisdom says that big is better. TOM COLLINS begs to di...

Financial planning

THE Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have launched an investigation into AM Corporation’s...

Life/Risk

NICOLE SZOLLOS finds there is much work to be done in promoting life insurance products to women....

Financial planning

There is a saying that old advisers never die, they just re-write their life insurance policies....

Financial planning

The managed funds market in Australia declined by $13.7 billion between the March and June quarters at the end of the 2002 financial year, according to a report by the Au...

People & Products

The managing director of Lynx Financial Services, Stuart Abley, has resigned from the ING owned dealer group in protest and joined rival IOOF Funds Management....

Financial planning

The subtle changes currently being made to the Hillross/AMP model reflects a repositioning of the value propositions of both businesses. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what is...

Financial planning

One of the stumbling blocks for the industry in establishing a risk master trust has always been how to get the insurance groups on side. ALLAN BETTS gives an insurance p...

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