LIFE INSURANCE

Life/Risk

The risk insurance industry is fraught with complexities. Angela Faherty takes a look at the challenges facing the sector, and how it can work to better educate consumers...

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Tools & guides

Holding large value illiquid assets in a SMSF could prove problematic when a trust member dies. Deborah Wixted explains the obligations and options trustees and their fin...

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Financial planning

AMP is seeking another green light in its bid to acquire the Australian and New Zealand arms of AXA Asia Pacific, this time from New Zealand's competition watchdog, the C...

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Financial planning

Frank Smith explains the importance of financial advisers tailoring Statements of Advice and how to avoid common mistakes....

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Editorial

The insurance industry has a chronically high cost structure, is structurally flawed, and carries a bias against level premium policies, writes Robert Keavney. However, r...

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Editorial

Sean Graham dissects the arguments made by industry super funds and some financial planners of the commissions-based remuneration of insurance in recent issues of Money M...

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Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service welcomes a Government announcement that Richard St John will examine a statutory compensation scheme....

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Financial planning

Tower Australia has upgraded its Accelerated Protection life insurance platform to offer added protection, effective immediately....

Financial planning

Job opportunities in the banking and financial services have surged in the first quarter of 2010, particularly for highly skilled temporary and contract staff, according ...

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Editorial

The debate about financial advice commissions has moved onto insurance products....

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Editorial

Tower's David Denison explains why life insurance products are updated....

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Financial planning

Advisers need to be more confident about their value propositions for life insurance, according to the chief executive of Tower Australia, Jim Minto....

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People & Products

AIA has appointed a former Tower state manager as head of adviser services, individual life, with Pia Sciarrone returning to the group after a five-year hiatus....

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Life/Risk

Alph Edwards takes a look at the recent introduction of the Insurance Contracts Amendment Bill 2010 and the critical changes it will have on the Insurance Contracts Act....

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Editorial

Bank of Queensland claims to have emerged from the global financial crisis in better shape after reporting a 15 per cent increase in profit....

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