LIFE INSURANCE

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BT Financial Group is two for two with insurance in super on platforms winning this category, as well as that of Super Risk Term & TPD Rider. ...

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Financial planning

The FSI final report recommendations has singled out life/risk commissions for particular attention, urging a level commissions approach....

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Policy & Regulation

The FSI final report has placed stockbrokers squarely in the regulatory cross-hairs....

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Financial planning

The FSI final recommendations seek to place greater onus on product manufacturers....

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Financial planning

ISA has fired a last shot across the bows of retail financial advice before the release of the FSI report calling for the “conflict-ridden, vertically integrated business...

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Life/Risk

Government and regulators have focussed on life insurance commissions purely as a dollar amount while not acting on churn in other commission based advice sectors....

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Life/Risk

Poor advice relating to life insurance is a systemic issue and not epithet work of a few rogues, according to ASIC....

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Life/Risk

BT Financial Group has been named Risk Company of the Year in the Money Management/DEXX&R Risk Company of the Year Awards....

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People & Products

Industry fund service provider and managing director of IFS Insurance Solutions Robert Nunez is joining CommInsure early next year....

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Financial planning

More women are employed in financial services than men but still lag in leadership roles and still face sizable gaps in their remuneration...

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Life/Risk

The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....

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Life/Risk

TAL chief executive, Jim Minto, says the Australian life insurance sector is still being confronted by difficult markets and challenges....

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Superannuation

Constant regulatory tinkering means the cost effectiveness of Australia’s superannuation system is still not comparable to the rest of the world, Rice Warner head Michael...

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Financial planning

ASIC deputy chairman, Peter Kell warns against ‘gaming’ the general advice regime....

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Editorial

While plenty of attention has been directed towards advisers and the sale of life/risk products, Mike Taylor writes that a recent ASIC Review of general insurance has rev...

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