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Patron Financial Advice has opposed a Financial Services Council proposal to introduce a binding standard for insurance business, saying it would restrict consumer choice...
Financial planning
The term 'churning', which is being used to describe a legitimate practice, defames advisers while it whitewashes the role of life companies, according to Synchron direct...
Editorial
The use by Industry Super Network (ISN) of research and surveying organisations to help prosecute its agenda with respect to financial planning represents the transfer of...
Top 100
As the risk market becomes more competitive due to the consistently strong demand for insurance products, life companies have truly embraced adviser feedback. The Money M...
Top 100
OnePath has repeated its success from last year by taking out the top honours in the trauma category in the 2011 Money Management/Dexx&r Adviser Choice Risk Awards....
Top 100
Incremental improvements to their OneCare life cover product has helped OnePath hold onto the first place in the term and total and permanent disablement (TPD) rider prod...
Editorial
The life insurance industry has taken a hit in the last 12 months, with net profit after tax down 13.9 per cent compared to the previous year....
Funds management
Clearview has announced the launch of its wealth management platform with full wrap capabilities, which would be administered by Colonial First State (CFS) Custom Solutio...
Superannuation
A new APRA analysis points to the consolidation which has allowed the banks to dominate the life insurance market....
Life/Risk
Woolworths Limited continues its push into the financial services sector with the launch of Woolworths Life Insurance....
Financial planning
Do-it-yourself life insurance is becoming increasingly popular with Australians, which is largely attributed to the simplicity of buying so-called 'off the shelf' product...
Financial planning
ClearView has returned strong results at the end of the first financial year following the acquisition of Bupa's wealth management business....
Editorial
The insurance industry has a long way to go to convince consumers that their lives are worth insuring, according to Michael Paff....
Financial planning
Adviser usage of online applications (eApps) for life insurance has plateaued, according to a survey commissioned by Zurich....
Policy & Regulation
The Federal Treasury has admitted it has not done a complex international comparison of the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes and experience...
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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 ...