MLC has entered into a partnership with Australian medical software provider Zedmed to launch Practice Management Essentials....
Business strategy professional Peter Dale has been employed as executive director for executive search company Boyden - a key role in recruiting senior executive and lead...
ClearView has appointed Tony Smith state manager of Queensland and Tony Schiavello state manager of Victoria and Tasmania to take charge of promoting the company's life a...
Direct insurance is on the rise. Peter Smith discusses the ways in which financial advisers can adapt and stay relevant....
How do you keep a clear picture when the lines of life insurance are blurred? Damien Mu predicts that the distinctions that life insurance companies draw between group an...
Underinsurance is a concern for the Australian community. However, Financial Services Council chief John Brogden believes the combined government and industry efforts cou...
The Financial Services Council has announced it will consult with the industry on a policy to address the practice of churning in life insurance....
BT Insurance has launched a range of new protection plans for homemakers and high net worth individuals as well as more flexible application processes for financial advis...
Study reveals Australian advisers are offering highly competitive products when compared to their overseas counterparts....
Sentry expects to increase business growth and simplify the referral process for their advisers using a structured referral system....
The upcoming APRA standards for life insurance companies should be welcomed by the industry as an opportunity to embed better practices, according to PricewaterhouseCoope...
Research commissioned by CommInsure and conducted by Newspoll has highlighted the unpreparedness of many Australians when it comes to dealing with a death or a terminal i...
Challenger’s Aaron Minney provides his comparison of annuities and direct fixed income in a response to an article recently published in Money Management and authored by ...
Dealer group Synchron has accused life insurance companies and the Financial Services Council of deeming all discontinued life policies as churn, and presenting figures a...
Life insurance industry profits jumped 65 per cent in the December quarter, but there was a significant drop in revenue due to investment losses....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...