The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has produced data confirming the value of life/risk advisers at claim time....

TAL has announced the key changes around its two business lines: individual life and group life and investments....

AIA and the Commonwealth Bank have translated the CommInsure acquisition into a 25-year distribution arrangement....

Financial advisers who communicate with clients over insurance inside superannuation have been specifically referenced by the Australian Securities and Investments Commis...

Superannuation funds should be prepared to tell members when opting out insurance inside superannuation is in their best interests, according to the Australian Securities...

Using life insurance APLs at institutionally-aligned advice licensees has the potential to breach best interests duty and most continue to funnel new clients into in-hous...

The buyer of last resort process is more complicated than advisers might expect as some licensees are focusing on where they can manoeuvre away from the agreed valuation,...

ANZIIF and LIPSWG have agreed to create a professional standards framework for the life insurance industry in a bid to lift confidence and create a significantly better e...

Advisers would do well to assume worst-case scenario outcomes when it comes to extending the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority deadlines, according to weal...

The entry of the banks and the end of mutual structures in the Australian wealth and insurance sectors has been a disaster which may be capable of repair by returning to ...

Advised life insurance taken out as a safeguard for clients who take out home mortgages should be specifically exempted from the Government’s tough new rules around the s...

The Australian life insurance sector has never been more dominated by the big five life insurers but sales are decreasing, according to the latest data from Dexx&r....

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has called for a radical escalation of the proposed prohibition on unsolicited telephone sales, urging a ban on all unsolici...

ClearView’s advisers were found to have failed in giving a ‘needs analysis’ to life insurance clients, according to the corporate watchdog....