LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

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...

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Life/Risk

Cultural shifts over the last few years might have resulted in consumers driving churn, according to an insurance executive....

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Life/Risk

A new partnership will see Zurich added as the third insurer to netwealth’s LifeWrap facility....

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Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

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....

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Financial planning

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...

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Life/Risk

Some progress appears to be being made towards finding common ground on life/risk sustainability and churn....

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Life/Risk

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...

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Financial planning

Insurer AIA Australia has launched its Priority Protection product suite on the Asgard superannuation platform....

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Life/Risk

New measures introduced in the 2013 Budget will have an important flow-on effect on insurance in super, writes David Glen. ...

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Financial planning

Adviser cops life ban for insurance applications in names of non-existent people ...

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People & Products

Zurich Financial Services has added to its Western Australian life risk distribution team with the appointment of Ryan de Bruin as business development manager....

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Life/Risk

Suncorp reports itself to ASIC and accepts life and general insurance compliance upgrade. ...

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Financial planning

AIA Australia has announced another platform link-up, this time with HUB24....

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Life/Risk

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...

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