risk insurance

Life/Risk

AFA chief executive, Brad Fox, acknowledges leadership of AMP on life/risk changes but urges continued pursuit of a unified position....

Tools & guides

Ruling rocks the adviser boat

Col Fullagar explores a risk insurance advice court case to argue that financial advisers must “up the ante” in client services before judgements form precedent. ...

Past events

Risk Insurance Breakfast Sydney - Where to from Trowbridge

Limited seats available! The highly controversial Trowbridge report is set to be discussed live with John Trowbridge and an expert panel on Tuesday 21 April at the MM Lea...

Financial planning

Politicans challenged to live under adviser regime

A Perth based adviser has challenged politicians to run a successful risk insurance businesses under the models they are advocating claiming it would be impossible to do ...

Editorial

Claims, commitments and credibility

While there has been plenty of debate around risk insurance advice, Col Fullagar argues that a more important debate needs to be had about how the major insurers deliver ...

Life/Risk

Running the risk

Australia’s life insurance sector has been put on notice that its current model is unsustainable and handed a reform ultimatum by regulators. But what will this mean for ...

Financial planning

Revisit conflicted remuneration, not risk commissions, policymakers told

Instead of targeting commissions for life insurance products, policy reforms should revisit conflicted remuneration, which hasn’t been properly handled by FOFA, Chan & Na...

Life/Risk

Risk industry must adapt or die: Aon

The Australian market’s current risk management offering is a poor fit for the real threats facing local businesses, most of which are “uninsurable”....

Life/Risk

Examination of churn will lead to commission debate

ASIC’s upcoming report on risk insurance churn is likely to lead to further debate on removing commissions but would overlook the related costs of advice according to Syn...

People & Products

AMP executive joins FSC board

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed AMP group executive insurance and superannuation Pauline Blight-Johnston to its board....

Life/Risk

AMP leads risk market

While OnePath and TAL have recorded the highest growth in premium inflows over the year, AMP still holds the largest market share in the retail risk space, according to P...

Accounting

Accountants worsen under-insurance problem

A referral expert claims accountants are silent on under-insurance, letting clients’ policies lapse. ...

Life/Risk

The challenges faced by risk advisers in 2014

The risk insurance industry is often defined by its challenges, with under-insurance, lapse, regulation and competing direct propositions unlikely to disappear. Despite t...