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Recent study finds people are increasingly using the global financial crisis as a reason to cancel their life insurance policy....
Financial planning
'Simple advice' may actually erode super balances if members don't understand the limitations of the information they're receiving, according to research by Guardian Fina...
Life/Risk
AXA general manager of financial protection Michael Rogers has cast some doubt on market speculation that more planners are selling more life insurance....
Life/Risk
ING has upgraded its OneAnswer super offering with the addition of an online insurance tool....
Editorial
In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....
Financial planning
Sustainability is the forgotten innovation in retail life insurance, writes Sean McCormack....
Superannuation
Government bonds, infrastructure bonds and CPI-linked bonds can underpin a long-term retirement product....
Life/Risk
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/Risk
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....
Life/Risk
MLC named life insurance company of the year at the 2009 Australia and New Zealand insurance industry awards ahead of finalists AMP and CommInsure....
Financial planning
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....
Life/Risk
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....
Superannuation
Some financial planning practices looking for acquisitions are beginning to question the value of purchasing a practice with a retired client base....
Life/Risk
Women are disadvantaged in insurance because they undervalue their contribution to a relationship....
Financial planning
Advisers need to review strategies involving salary sacrifice, writes Martin Breckon....
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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...