LIFE/RISK

Awards

Congratulations to TAL for winning the Disability Income Products category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Awards

Congratulations to MLC for winning the Business Overhead Products category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Awards

Congratulations to MLC for winning the Super Term and TPD Rider product at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Awards

Congratulations to MLC for winning the Super Disability Income Product category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Awards

Congratulations to Kinetic Super for winning the Group Super Term and TPD Rider Product at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Awards

Congratulations to First State Super for winning the Group Super Disability Income Product category at the 2016 Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Life/Risk

New survey data collected by Money Management reveals that advisers expect insurers to grow their direct sales — something that will lead to a decline in adviser numbers....

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Financial planning

ClearView looks to expand its IFA channel on the back of Sony Life taking a 14.9 per cent stake in the company....

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Editorial

There will always be a big question mark over whether churn was a real problem or a handy political lever, but the outcome represents the exercise of pragmatic politics....

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Financial planning

The AFA has welcomed the Government’s move to introduce the life insurance remuneration bill to the lower house today, particularly the move to treat life insurance attai...

People & Products

Zurich's acquisition of the Macquarie Life risk business has resulted in key hires in its distribution team across all states....

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Life/Risk

The latest data from Dexx&r points to an improving outlook for life/risk insureres on the back of better lump sum and disability discontinuance rates....

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Tools & guides

In part one of a two-part article, Col Fullagar will consider an alternative way to achieve Trowbridge's suggested reforms for life insurance companies, and in so doing s...

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Financial planning

The AFA has received the required number of forms needed for an extraordinary general meeting....

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Editorial

There can be no doubting how many life/risk advisers remain aggrieved by the LIF outcome, but bi-partisan Parliamentary support means there is no unscrambling the omelett...

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