FSC calls for nominations for its 2014 Life Insurance Awards....

AIA Australia has released a new commission payment model for advisers, which it says could almost double the value of advisers’ business over 10 years....

The risk insurance industry is often defined by its challenges, with under-insurance, lapse, regulation and competing direct propositions unlikely to disappear. Despite t...

Lapse rates plaguing AMP’s life insurance business will likely get worse before they get better, the company’s CEO says....

The strong performance of AMP’s financial planning business was not enough to offset a “challenging” year in the life insurance sector. ...

Touted as the next frontier for accountants, Limited Australian Financial Service Licences (AFSLs) are starting to gain traction with planners too. But what makes them so...

APRA last week called in Australia’s major group life/risk insurers to caution them to better risk manage current market conditions. ...

Younger generations are more likely to engage with their financial adviser and buy insurance, according to TAL’s new survey. ...

Clients considering aged care for their loved ones should be advised to speed up the process to avoid new means test rules set to kick in later this year, a life insuranc...

Planners should be articulating the value of advice instead of debating finer points of legislation. ...

Centrepoint positions for handling regulatory and support issues with key appointments....

Life policy cancellations are at their highest levels in over two decades, new research shows....

Research finds one in three Australians is ignorant about the use of private health insurance, with a quarter unaware that a government rebate exists. ...

The parent company of Ausbil, Dexia Asset Management, has been purchased by New York Life Investments for A$587 million....