risk insurance

Financial planning

Where there’s a will, there’s a way to do business

At a time when advisers are under pressure because of negative returns, Jack Houwing and Mike Fitzpatrick argue that estate planning presents a business development oppor...

Financial planning

Tower names new risk executives

Tower Australia has reinforced its move back into the risk insurance side of the industry with the appointment of two senior executives in the group’s sales and distribut...

Financial planning

Time to reap the rewards of a little bit of risky business

Risk insurance has long been a wallflower at the financial planning party. Hampered by the depressing reality that the client may not be around to spend the benefit, risk...

Life/Risk

PIS looks to add insurance and tax services

Professional Investment Services (PIS) is moving against broad industry trends to add risk insurance and taxation services within financial planning businesses....

Financial planning

AFA/Integratec build new planner course

THE ASSOCIATION of Financial Advisers (AFA) will join the ranks of financial planning educators after linking up with Integratec to develop a series of training courses f...

Life/Risk

Risk insurance stakes its claim

Are you thinking that risk insurance is not the force it once was? Well it may be time to think again as the product that built the industry re-asserts itself. JASON SPIT...

Financial planning

All planning advice should be holistic

ANY discussion of estate planning or risk insurance routinely brings out the term ‘holistic planning’....

Life/Risk

Risk insurance down, but not out

While the insurance industry is in disarray and premiums are going through the roof, risk insurance is too important to be dismissed. JOHN ASHTON reports on how planners ...

Editorial

Profits down but Tower building

Financial services company Tower Ltd has reported a NZ$77.2 million net after tax profit for the financial year to 30 September 2001 and simultaneously announced a new fo...

Financial planning

ING integrates planning and risk in software deal

ING’s financial planners will be able to move further into the realm of life and risk insurance after a software deal was signed by ING and PlanTech Consulting....

Editorial

Taking the right risks with investments

While the issue of life insurance will usually crop up at some point in discussions with a client, HELEN TROUP believes that a discussion of risk should cover the well-be...

Financial planning

Risk and advisers align

The integration of risk insurance into a financial planning business is a necessary future step for the planning industry to take, according to Ord Minnett personal risk ...

Financial planning

RISK – Stay focused or face the threat of legal action

As dealer groups and advisers face a spreading threat of legal action from clients, planning sector experts are becoming more concerned about the growing dangers planners...

Financial planning

RISK – No time to cruise in a very risky business

Is risk insurance becoming too risky for insurers?...

Life/Risk

RISK – Be fully covered with the right alliances

Difficulties in matching product features with client needs in complex areas of risk coverage like trauma mean advisers should seek specialist alliances, writes Pauline F...