18 September 2017
Victorian financial adviser Michael Davie has been placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond without a conviction for submitting false or misleading statements to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission…
18 September 2017
TAL has introduced an education course to increase financial advisers’ understanding of cancer conditions and help them give clients the best possible support…
18 September 2017
Motivational interview techniques have produced a 34% increase in customer re-engagement with treatment, AMP says…
18 September 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers and Zurich have announced the finalists for this year’s adviser of the year and practice of the year awards…
11 September 2017
The Australian life insurance sector continues to face headwinds from the loss-making income protection class and reputational risk, according to S&P Global Ratings…
11 September 2017
A review has identified “potentially large numbers of advisers who may be providing life insurance advice to clients that is not in their best interests”, according to Australian Securities and Investments Commission Deputy Chairman Peter Kell…
11 September 2017
Life cover within superannuation needs standard definitions and other tougher rules to protect policyholders, the Australian Lawyers Association (ALA) says in a submission to the Productivity Commission…
11 September 2017
Wealth management group Infocus has bought advice business Announcer, strengthening an expanding national footprint…
11 September 2017
ClearView has appointed Warren Page as Chief Underwriter…
11 September 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers has named the finalists for its female excellence and rising star awards…
04 September 2017
Zurich and ClearView have won Canstar’s “outstanding value life insurance” annual awards…
04 September 2017
Australian Unity’s wealth division, which includes life insurance and superannuation, increased revenue by 16.4% to $143.3 million in the year to June 30…
04 September 2017
MBS Insurance financial advisers Chris MacKenzie and Brent McCullough have been promoted to partners…
04 September 2017
Mortgage Choice’s financial planning arm made a gross profit of $2.2 million in the year to June 30, up 26% on the previous year…
04 September 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers and Asteron Life have announced the finalists for this year’s excellence in education prize…
28 August 2017
The future for advisers lies in becoming financial lifestyle coaches, rather than technical specialists focused on client monetary goals, according to a Zurich white paper…
28 August 2017
Freedom Insurance Group is to embark on the “next exciting phase of growth”, buoyed by its performance last financial year…
28 August 2017
ClearView’s life insurance business made a net profit of $24.9 million in the year to June 30, up 2% on the previous year…
28 August 2017
A former Queensland representative of ANZ-owned Millennium3 Financial Services has been permanently banned from the industry…
28 August 2017
S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook for AMP to stable from negative after the financial services group reported a strong return to profitability and new reinsurance arrangements…