ASIC offers update on CommInsure probe
17 October 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s investigation into CommInsure continues, with the regulator yet to reveal any outcomes…
17 October 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s investigation into CommInsure continues, with the regulator yet to reveal any outcomes…
17 October 2016
Centrepoint Alliance has settled its dispute with Aviva Asia Holdings over the 2012 sale of Professional Investment Services’ Singapore business…
17 October 2016
Fitch has maintained Nippon Life’s insurer financial strength and long-term issuer default ratings at A, while keeping the outlook at negative…
10 October 2016
CommInsure must give documents supporting its life cover claims decisions to the House of Representatives Economics Committee…
10 October 2016
MLC Life Insurance will replace its legacy back-office systems under its takeover by Nippon Life…
10 October 2016
The Findex Group has been fined $10,800 for describing itself as independent…
10 October 2016
The Financial Services Council of New Zealand has retained all major insurer and bank members after a number resigned last year when the council commissioned a controversial report into life insurance advice…
10 October 2016
AMP says its new financial advice business, AMP Advice, will use Goals Explorer interactive technology…
10 October 2016
In a rare display of mutual support, five industry associations involved in the superannuation sector have presented a united front on group life cover…
10 October 2016
Centrepoint Alliance has bought a “strategic stake” in wholesale advice provider RFE Group for an undisclosed sum…
10 October 2016
Darren Johns from Align Financial in NSW has been named the Association of Financial Advisers adviser of the year…
10 October 2016
A Tasmanian financial adviser has been permanently banned for making false statements about his qualifications…
10 October 2016
Consumer confidence in banks will improve if groups scrap employee sales targets and make product recommendations based on customers’ best interests, the Financial Sector Union says…
10 October 2016
TAL has joined forces with a healthy eating expert to give advisers and their clients access to nutritional information…
03 October 2016
The transition to the proposed Life Insurance Framework is now expected to be delayed to January 2018…
03 October 2016
The Financial Planning Association wants universities in Tasmania, SA and WA to work with it to develop programs that meet new industry education standards…
03 October 2016
Default insurance within superannuation is poorly targeted and does not meet customer needs, Choice says…
03 October 2016
Six finalists are in the running for this year’s Association of Financial Advisers rising star award, to be presented at the group’s annual conference on Friday…
03 October 2016
Commonwealth Bank has paid $6.73 million at August 31 in compensation to clients who received poor advice, according to an update on its Open Advice Review…
03 October 2016
Zurich Financial Services Australia has revamped its risk distribution team, adding 14 staff after clearing court and regulatory hurdles to purchase Macquarie Life’s risk portfolio…