ClearView tips super product to raise life sales
10 November 2014
ClearView expects more life insurance cross-selling through its new WealthFoundations super product…
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More advisers seek CFP accreditation
10 November 2014
The Financial Planning Association says enrolments for its Certified Financial Planner summer course are up 100% on last year…
AIA agrees RAC-WA life cover deal
10 November 2014
AIA Australia has signed a four-year deal with RAC-WA to offer life insurance to its 800,000 members…
MetLife lab to research life business models
10 November 2014
MetLife has opened an innovation centre in Singapore to develop new business models for life insurance in Asia, including Australia…
Steadfast links with MetLife on life sales
03 November 2014
Listed broker Steadfast is to sell group life insurance to SMEs in partnership with major insurer MetLife…
Legal firms join Commonwealth’s bad advice review
03 November 2014
Commonwealth Bank has appointed three law firms as independent customer advocates under its review of shoddy financial advice…
Munich Re creates life management team
03 November 2014
Munich Re has united its retail, direct and group life operations under one management team led by Frank Crapis…
Zurich promotes underwriting head
03 November 2014
Zurich Life & Investments has promoted chief underwriting officer Phil Anderson to COO…
APRA issues group life guidelines
03 November 2014
Group life insurers must ensure premiums are sustainable throughout contracts, according to a new Australian Prudential Regulation Authority practice guide…
Macquarie Life reports premium gains
03 November 2014
Macquarie Life says inforce premium increased 10% to $207 million in the year to September 30…
Industry ‘must take ownership’ of life woes
27 October 2014
Life insurers and advisers must work together to fix the problems besetting the industry, Asteron EGM Jordan Hawke says…
Industry welcomes adviser register
27 October 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s plans for a new adviser register…
AMP life business on the right track
27 October 2014
AMP’s wealth protection division has reported stronger third-quarter results, but analysts say further improvement is needed…
Focus on specific client needs, advisers told
27 October 2014
Advisers should reshape their client segmentation models to reflect what people demand at each stage of their lives, according to an industry consultant…
BT consultant wins ALUCA scholarship
27 October 2014
BT Financial Group Claims Consultant Lara Neate has won this year’s Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association TurksLegal Scholarship…
Trowbridge to chair life industry investigation
20 October 2014
A life insurance and advice working group set up by the Financial Services Council and the Association of Financial Advisers has appointed John Trowbridge as independent chairman…
Code specialist to head FPA conduct committee
20 October 2014
June Smith has been appointed Chairman of the Financial Planning Association’s Conduct Review Commission…
Advisers urged to see a specialist for PI
20 October 2014
Financial advisers seeking professional indemnity insurance should engage specialist general insurance brokers who understand the cover’s complexity, according to Insurance House…
Advisers need image makeover, says AFA chief
20 October 2014
Association of Financial Advisers CEO Brad Fox admits the industry’s image “is not where it should be”…
Advisers urged to be care and share
20 October 2014
Financial advisers face a choice between selling the information they have or giving it away, according to marketing expert Tim Reid…