Russell Investments has signalled a renewed focus on the superannuation and life insurance sectors via the appointment of Jodie Hampshire as its new head of institutional...
Cultural shifts over the last few years might have resulted in consumers driving churn, according to an insurance executive....
A new partnership will see Zurich added as the third insurer to netwealth’s LifeWrap facility....
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive officer Brad Fox has called for a new life insurance awareness campaign after a white paper revealed a huge gap be...
There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....
The distinction between wholesale and retail clients has been a fundamental part of the financial services laws since the 2004 Financial Services Reform legislation. Howe...
Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....
TAL will realign a number of its back-office functions and systems in an effort to maintain its position as the second largest life insurer in Australia, shifting TAL exe...
Insurer AIA Australia has launched its Priority Protection product suite on the Asgard superannuation platform....
New measures introduced in the 2013 Budget will have an important flow-on effect on insurance in super, writes David Glen. ...
Adviser cops life ban for insurance applications in names of non-existent people ...
Zurich Financial Services has added to its Western Australian life risk distribution team with the appointment of Ryan de Bruin as business development manager....
Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...
AIA Australia has announced another platform link-up, this time with HUB24....
Choosi’s parent company Hollard Financial Services has agreed to change the way it promotes funeral insurance under the Real Insurance brand, as a result of concerns rais...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...