Risk insurance sales have shot up in the last 12 months, with the total industry growing more than 10 per cent on last year, a DEXX&R report shows. ...
Karyn Hilton has been named Life Insurance Executive of the Year as part of the inaugural Money Management/Super Review Women in Financial Services Awards 2013. ...
Fortnum Financial Advisers is requiring the major risk insurers to meet a higher set of standards before they can be admitted to the group’s APL as “preferred insurers”....
Financial advisers still face some high hurdles in trying to match clients’ risk insurance needs with solutions but there are ways of overcoming these challenges, writes ...
Risk commission concerns have blocked discussions about client trust and appropriate selling of risk insurance...
OnePath has been named Money Management/DEXX&R Risk Company of the Year for the fourth consecutive year, ahead of TAL and MLC. ...
Strong risk sales follow two quarters of falling sales...
Rice Warner’s latest direct insurance report said that a growth in term, income protection and accident cover via direct insurance channels showed consumers were increasi...
When making a risk claim, clients will often be asked to undergo an independent medical examination. Col Fullagar explains the adviser’s role in ensuring the client is tr...
In the ongoing debate about risk insurance fees versus commission, it’s time to think about the financial adviser's value proposition, writes Col Fullagar. ...
Risk commissions paid to advisers have been under attack for some time. If they were to be completely eliminated, however, what would be a viable alternative? Col Fullaga...
Wealth Today attributes a combined mortgage broking and financial advice service offering (based around the upskilling of brokers) for its rapid recent growth....
Churn in the life/risk space remains a contentious issue, but as Col Fullagar explains, responsibility not only resides with advisers but also with the insurers and how t...
The risk insurance market has seen double-digit growth over the year to March 2012, with annual premiums jumping by around $6.8 billion in the last decade....
Over the past six months, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services has added 26 financial advisers to its business....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....