LIFE INSURANCE

Top 100

ING Life has once again scooped the top award for the total and permanent disability term and rider category of the Money Management/Dexx&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards...

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Editorial

There is a broad attack on commissions in financial services. Robert Keavney considers whether the risk advice industry can survive it, and whether it should survive it....

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Editorial

Marcello Bertasso explains why in a world of underinsurance, life insurance companies need to cast their nets a little wider....

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Top 100

Listening to consumer and adviser demands and embracing technology have been the focal points for the top life companies in this year's Money Management/Dexx&R Advise...

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Top 100

A history of innovation was responsible for Macquarie getting the top spot in the business overheads product category of the Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry is adapting to people either choosing or having to work past retirement age....

Life/Risk

The need for life insurance continues to grow as Australians continue to fall deeper into personal debt – and insurers owned by Australia’s four major banks will take alm...

Editorial

Tim Browne explains why CommInsure opposes a ban on commissions....

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Life/Risk

Life insurance providers are confident churn rates will decline as advisers become more focused on sustainable writing practices....

Life/Risk

Insurance policies included in superannuation have increased the overall coverage of working Australians but insufficient default levels of insurance in many cases are cr...

Life/Risk

Directly marketed life insurance products seem to have picked up in popularity, with the sector posting an increase in sales of 27 per cent, according to Canstar Cannex r...

Financial planning

Online information portals could be powerful tools for advisers to engage their clients in the difficult discussion of risk insurance, and two such portals were recently ...

Financial planning

Tower Australia has appointed two new members to its risk new business team, with Jason Scott joining the company as national fulfilment manager for retail life and Helen...

Financial planning

Clearview has reported a solid profit and has positioned itself to leverage its exclusive access to the Bupa customer base....

Life/Risk

Mike Taylor leads a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing the insurance industry. Topics covered include underinsurance, reaching younger consumers and advise...

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