RISK/LIFE

Financial planning

Reforms to education for advisers should include pathways for existing advisers, and risk advisers with decades of experience should not have to re-train....

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Financial planning

Life/risk advisers should already be moving towards new post-LIF remuneration models....

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Awards

National Australia Bank’s wealth management arm, MLC, has been named Risk Company of the Year in the Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Choice Risk Awards....

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Awards

MLC’s Insurance Life Cover and TPD product has struck gold in the Term and TPD Product award at the Money Management/DEXX&R Adviser Risk Choice Awards. ...

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Awards

OnePath’s Trauma Premier product has proven to be the best after winning in the trauma category for the second year in a row, with MLC again taking silver, and TAL winnin...

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Awards

Good underwriting and a focus on affordability have been central to the success of TAL’s Accelerated Protection Income Protection Premier product....

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Awards

Being open to adviser feedback and suggestions, and incorporating them into their product has seen ClearView clinch the top prize second year in a row. ...

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Awards

Offering high levels of total and permanent disability and death cover, as well as competitive insurance premium rates for members has seen Kinetic Super get the gong....

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Awards

MLC has secured the top spot for the Super Risk Disability Income Product award, after coming in second last year....

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Financial planning

Specialist research house Dexx&r has pointed to discontinuance rates in life/risk actually moving through cycles, with the most recent cycle peaking in about September, 2...

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Financial planning

Risk advisers are specialists and require their own professional standards stream, says Synchron’s Don Trapnell....

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Financial planning

ASIC has issued a discussion paper on the new Life Insurance Framework with a tough analysis of the clawback arrangements....

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Life/Risk

Conduct risk will be a central theme for life insurers and regulators over the next decade, an expert believes....

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Life/Risk

Money Management once again teamed up with research house, DEXX&R, for the twelfth consecutive year to recognise excellence in the life/risk industry at the 2015 Adviser ...

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Financial planning

Bombora Advice has appointed Kevin Martin as chairman, who will begin his role in January next year....

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