06 March 2017
While platform operators have invested in improving adviser functionality, little is spent on life insurance upgrades, according to Investment Trends Senior Analyst King Loong Choi…
06 March 2017
Yellow Brick Road has reported a 20% rise in life insurance premium under management to $14.7 million in the six months to December 31…
06 March 2017
Misuse of electronic signatures may emerge as a bigger issue than more traditional forgery, Townsends law firm Principal Peter Townsend warns…
06 March 2017
BT Financial Group has added life insurance to its Panorama adviser platform…
06 March 2017
Research house Canstar has awarded five-star ratings to NobleOak Life and Virgin Money in its review of the direct income protection market…
06 March 2017
The Financial Planning Association is to hold a number of roadshow events on its Professional Ongoing Fees Code and other legislative developments…
27 February 2017
TAL has established an underwriting operation in South Africa to support its Australian business…
27 February 2017
Centrepoint Alliance will put $5 million into a new life insurance business aimed at the independent financial adviser market…
27 February 2017
The extra cost of the Life Insurance Framework legislation to consumers and advisers will be $1.8 billion a year, according to the Life Insurance Customer Group…
27 February 2017
The value of new business from AIA Group’s “other markets” region, which includes Australia, grew 10% to $US321 million in the year to November 30…
27 February 2017
The New Zealand Government will expect financial advisers to act in clients’ best interests and introduce a code of conduct under proposed new legislation…
27 February 2017
ClearView Wealth has reported a 5% rise in life insurance after-tax profit to $12.7 million for the six months to December 31…
27 February 2017
Freedom Insurance has reported a 78% rise in inforce premium to $89.7 million for the six months to December 31…
27 February 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers wants a parliamentary joint committee’s inquiry into the life insurance industry to examine more than just adviser commissions…
27 February 2017
Mortgage Choice Financial Planning insurance premiums totalled $22 million for the six months to December 31, up 27% on the corresponding period of 2015…
27 February 2017
Qantas has picked TAL to sell life insurance products to members of its frequent flyer program…
27 February 2017
Japanese life insurers are steadily but cautiously increasing their exposure to foreign bonds, Fitch Ratings says…
20 February 2017
Policyholders’ satisfaction with life insurance fell to 67.4% last year from 68.8% in 2015, according to a new Roy Morgan single source survey…
20 February 2017
The life insurance industry recorded an after-tax profit of $2.3 billion last year, falling dramatically from $3.1 billion in 2015, according to the latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data…
20 February 2017
Life insurance industry reforms will cost consumers as trails increase due to policy longevity, comparator Rate Detective CEO Damon Rasheed warns…