LIFE INSURANCE

Financial planning

Attempts to address underinsurance problem in Australia by means of adviser education....

Financial planning

Advisers are increasingly diversifying into debt solution strategies to drive revenues in a dislocated market....

Life/Risk

The national broking group wants to strengthen its life insurance offerings in its 28 branches by recruiting FPA and AFA members to service its existing business client b...

Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service has launched a Financial Planning Advisory Committee with the mandate to advise the ombudsman on all issues affecting financial service pr...

Financial planning

After a long period of wealth creation, wealth protection is suddenly popular again. BENJAMIN LEVY takes a look at the life risk industry in 2009....

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Life/Risk

Getting a client's sum insured right can be the difference between gaining a client and losing one, writes GERARD KERR....

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Life/Risk

Improved trauma definitions for progressive conditions and extended income protection insurance....

Life/Risk

Average payout for the death of a partner will not protect families from financial problems....

Life/Risk

Important for workers to review insurance arrangements in the current economic environment....

Policy & Regulation

Additional changes would remove impediments to super mergers; application period extended until 2011....

Life/Risk

Plan for Life research shows new premium sales up 10.7 per cent....

Financial planning

AMP Financial Services will fill a gap it sees in its superannuation product strategy with the launch of two new products - one for younger clients and another for the se...

Financial planning

Investors are increasingly seeking legal redress against former advisers based on the recommendations of a new adviser, according to Argyle Partnership principal Peter Bo...

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Life/Risk

New Rice Warner research suggests that life insurers should start targeting the direct insurance market in pursuit of growth in circumstances where competition remains fi...

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Financial planning

Consumer complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service relating to financial planning and managed investments are soaring in number....

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