20 August 2012
Canstar has rated Allianz, Real Insurance and Zurich as the top three direct life insurers, and says the product is increasingly popular because companies that offer it are less likely to exclude customers…
20 August 2012
Consumers see financial advisers as fairer than their banking and credit card counterparts, according to a Financial Services Institute of Australasia survey…
20 August 2012
Commonwealth Bank’s income from insurance operations increased 12% to $960 million in the year to June 30, despite higher claims from its general and life insurance businesses…
20 August 2012
ClearView Wealth has reported a 158% rise in net profit, to $22.34 million, following a fall in discounting on its life insurance products, growth in new business and lower claim levels in the year to June 30…
20 August 2012
NAB Wealth has reported a stronger June quarter for its insurance business…
20 August 2012
AMP’s wealth protection business has reported a 21% increase in after-tax profit to $176 million for the six months ending June 30…
20 August 2012
ANZ’s Global Wealth division, including OnePath insurance, is trading in line with market conditions, the bank has announced…
20 August 2012
Technology standards organisation ACORD is to begin testing its policy variation message standards with its Australian life insurance members…
20 August 2012
Australian Financial Services Group has appointed Bombora Advice director Alan Logan as its new CEO…
20 August 2012
AMP has changed the eligibility criteria on income protection insurance in its Flexible Lifetime Protection, to allow more customers to access it…
20 August 2012
The Financial Planning Association will launch a range of consumer tools during Financial Planning Week, which starts today…
13 August 2012
Investors value life insurance assets lower and the industry needs to boost confidence in the sector, TAL MD Jim Minto says…
13 August 2012
The Federal Government should look at its involvement in the health insurance sector before calling for the industry to cut premiums, an actuarial consultant has claimed…
13 August 2012
Cigna New Zealand has appointed former ANZ executive Steven Fyfe as its chairman…
13 August 2012
Plan B has recommended shareholders accept IOOF’s takeover offer…
13 August 2012
IRESS has enhanced the social media tool in the latest version of its adviser back-office software, XPLAN 2.2…
06 August 2012
The two main adviser bodies have given qualified support for the Financial Services Council’s new life insurance remuneration framework…
06 August 2012
Better governance of the financial services industry will be in evidence in five years thanks to the Federal Government’s reform agenda, Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten says…
06 August 2012
The Federal Opposition has drafted its Future of Financial Advice amendment legislation based on the 16 recommendations in its response to the parliamentary joint committee report on FOFA…
06 August 2012
Life insurers will not see any impact on their businesses from the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Every Australian Counts National Campaign Director John Della Bosca says…