LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

New data on life insurance claims and disputes has confirmed clients are often better off when they use an adviser....

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Life/Risk

The latest data from research house Dexx&r has revealed the degree to which a cessation of direct life insurance sales has hit the bottom lines of the major life insurers...

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Expert Analysis

Replacing insurance cover can be complicated and fraught with risk. Col Fullagar outlines steps advisers can take to navigate conversations with clients around this and e...

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Features

Major banks and AMP Limited have exited life insurance, significant consolidation has occurred and the Royal Commission has delivered a verdict but, as Mike Taylor writes...

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Expert Analysis

Much has been written about trust since the Banking Royal Commission’s final report, Chris Powell writes, but how can life insurers help advisers respond?...

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Life/Risk

New research has confirmed what the life insurance already knew that most consumers simply don’t want to pay for life/risk advice – something which places new importance ...

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Life/Risk

Australia’s major life/risk insurers have clearly backed the importance of life/risk advisers and signalled their concern at any move to abolish commissions after the 202...

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Life/Risk

There’s a new kid on the block in retail insurance, with Integrity Life yesterday launching into the market, with a key selling point being its lack of legacy constraints...

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Life/Risk

The Federal Government has outlined how it intends on removing the exclusion of insurance claims-handling from the Corporations Act to make it a defined financial service...

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Life/Risk

Couples or families relying on two incomes could hit dire financial straits if one income earner was unable to work, but many individuals in that situation aren’t adequat...

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Financial planning

Australian financial services companies should embrace a regional mindset and become players in the Asia Pacific, according to life insurance veteran, Rob Macpherson....

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Tools & guides

Suzie Brown outlines some of the key considerations for financial advisers when making life insurance recommendations and provides an overview of the upcoming legislative...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has claimed the Royal Commission failed to hit what it was aiming at and, instead, has impacted small financial advisers and mortgag...

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Life/Risk

Risk-focused financial planning group, Synchron has signalled its intention to lobby the Government for the retention of life/risk commissions beyond the 2022 Life Insura...

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Life/Risk

A new white paper has argued for the life/risk sector to adopt a new approach to income protection reflecting the reality of economic conditions and earnings....

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