Suncorp Life chief executive, Geoff Summerhayes wants Treasury to get life/risk legacy product rationalisation back on agenda....

ANZ has used its second submission to the FSI to back the imposition of time limits on life insurance claims similar to those applying to general insurance....

Life insurers should have the same powers as general insurers when it comes to dealing out benefits like riders, according to TAL. ...

Insurer, Tower Limited, has confirmed the sale of its residual life business in a statement to the ASX....

AMP has flagged piloting new advice models at the same time as announcing a solid first-half profit result....

Poor performance of group products is continuing to impact life insurers’ profits, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s Quarterly Report reveals....

The financial planning industry has illustrated “inappropriate levels of quality” going back more than a decade, ASIC said....

The financial services regulators have sent a clear message to the life/risk industry about its past mistakes. ...

Suncorp reports solid full-year but revises appraoch on life in face of structural challenges....

FOS claims it will have eliminated its backlog of cases by 2015 but was struggling to get 22 financial services providers to pay more than $10 million in unpaid determina...

The Commonwealth Bank has delivered a solid full-year result with its financial planning troubles making little impact in terms of comments or provisioning....

Super portfolios are an “aggressive constant mix”, leaving investors in the pre- and post-retirement stages at risk....

Life/risk advisers are bracing themselves for ASIC to issue a tough analysis of churn and lapse rates....

An alarmingly low proportion of Australians say they would use a pay increase to take out financial protection, a survey shows. ...