LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Poor performance by AMP’s older style funds have dragged down the fund man-ager’s Morningstar overall rating to three stars....

Financial planning

Lester Doecke has taken up the top life insurance job at Zurich Financial Services under a shake-up of the group....

Financial planning

Australia’s life insurance industry has failed to realise the full benefits of e-commerce and risks being swamped by its Internet savvy competitors....

Financial planning

Lynx Financial Services has set its sights on becoming one of the country’s biggest dealer groups with plans to grow adviser numbers to 250 within the next 18 months....

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual has repositioned its full suite of risk products to reflect changing market conditions....

Financial planning

Targeting both large and mid-sized accountancy groups with its national network of financial planning systems, PACT is progressively building upon its $1 billion worth of...

Financial planning

Given the current state of the waters in the financial services industry, IFSA’s “Catch the Wave” theme is appropriate – even if the conference is scheduled for Melbourne...

Financial planning

The future of Australia’s life insurance industry may be in serious doubt, following a dark skies forecast from former AMP Financial Services managing director Ray Greens...

Financial planning

Lynx Financial Services has emerged as the financial planning growth engine for Mercantile Mutual....

Life/Risk

The future of Australia’s life insurance industry may be in serious doubt, following a dark skies forecast from former AMP Financial Services managing director Ray Greens...

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual has repositioned its full suite of risk products to reflect chang-ing market conditions...

Financial planning

Australian managed funds research pioneer Assirt is set to change ownership under a proposed deal between parent company St George Bank and Bourse Data....

Financial planning

A new West Australian winery investment scheme is hoping to create an adult theme park to benefit from the growing tourism push in the Margaret River area south of Perth....

Life/Risk

Life insurance companies are about to embark on a major industry-wide outsourcing campaign, according to a recent research report....

Financial planning

Life insurance companies are about to embark on a major industry-wide outsourcing campaign, according to a recent research report....

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