ING has upgraded its OneAnswer super offering with the addition of an online insurance tool....

In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....

Sustainability is the forgotten innovation in retail life insurance, writes Sean McCormack....

Government bonds, infrastructure bonds and CPI-linked bonds can underpin a long-term retirement product....

One of the traditional strongholds of financial planners, insurance sales, may be under threat, with the intra-fund advice regime giving superannuation funds the power to...

Life insurance risk market inflows have increased by 16.1 per cent to $7.6 billion for the 12 months to March 2009, according to researcher Plan for Life....

MLC named life insurance company of the year at the 2009 Australia and New Zealand insurance industry awards ahead of finalists AMP and CommInsure....

Canstar Cannex has warned that while direct life insurance does have a place, consumers who don't seek advice may end up paying higher premiums....

Lump sum protection policies linked to the Aviva platform represented 14.8 per cent of new business for the year ended May 2009, up from just 3 per cent in 2007....

Some financial planning practices looking for acquisitions are beginning to question the value of purchasing a practice with a retired client base....

Women are disadvantaged in insurance because they undervalue their contribution to a relationship....

Advisers need to review strategies involving salary sacrifice, writes Martin Breckon....

Stripping commissions from the cost of financial products could result in falls of up to 50 per cent in their cost to clients, according to David Price, managing director...

Aviva has appointed five fund managers to the separately managed account facility it will launch on its Navigator platform in September....