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…
28 August 2017
S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Suncorp Life and Superannuation’s financial strength and issuer credit ratings at A, and the outlook at stable…
28 August 2017
ANZ Wealth has expanded its OneCare product range with the introduction of Income Secure Essentials and Severity Trauma…
28 August 2017
About 800,000 MLC Life Insurance customers will soon be able to access the Best Doctors service, which provides free medical advice and second opinions…
28 August 2017
Debbie Kennedy, former group head of protection strategy at UK life insurer Royal London, has been appointed to the newly expanded role of Chief Underwriter at MLC Life Insurance…
21 August 2017
Group disability income protection insurance recorded a net profit after-tax of $152 million in the year to June 30 following a $24 million loss the previous year, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority industry data…
21 August 2017
Japan’s MS&AD Insurance Group has acquired a 6.3% stake in annuity company Challenger, through a $500 million equity placement…