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It is up to the financial advice industry to educate consumers on the value of financial advice and the help they can provide, particularly during times of insurance clai...
Life/Risk
Westpac has completed the sale of Westpac Life Insurance Services Limited to TAL but expected to report a total after tax loss on sale of $1.37 billion....
Financial planning
Concerns about upsetting bereaved clients or explaining declined insurance claims are causing stress for advisers, according to TAL, highlighting the need for training in...
Financial planning
Financial advisers must consider long-term interests and future circumstances when determining the scope of the advice that is going to be offered and should therefore be...
People & Products
TAL has announced the appointment of Mark Joiner as independent chair, following Duncan Boyle’s decision to retire after eight years leading the board....
Features
The industry watchdog has been forced to step in and mandate changes to disability income insurance in a move designed to protect consumers, writes Nina Hendy. ...
Expert Analysis
Advisers play a critical role in supporting the transition to sustainable insurance products, writes Aaron Newman, but the industry needs to support advisers with this tr...
Financial planning
How the industry adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic is proof technology is not changing the role of advisers, according to TAL....
Life/Risk
Total and permanent disability products are next on the list for insurers to look at to ensure they do not become unsustainable like income protection....
Features
The life insurance industry’s losses have stemmed mostly from unsustainable income protection products, Jassmyn Goh writes, but will the new products help end bad habits?...
Financial planning
TAL has launched additional mental health insights to support licensees and financial advisers to manage their mental health. ...
Financial planning
As existing advisers continue to leave, the industry needs to keep promoting the benefits of being an adviser, according to TAL....
Life/Risk
Risk advisers need to ensure their clients know that level premiums are not a guarantee and what to expect when their first-year discounts expire, according to life insur...
People & Products
The life insurer is offering two long-term options to provide benefits to age 65 and a short-term option to over one, two, or five year periods. ...
Life/Risk
The industry needs to work together to move clients in closed income protection insurance products to more sustainable products and to manage the inforce book, according ...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...