ANZ insurance business on track
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
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…
06 August 2012
AIA is the fastest-growing life insurer in the Australian market, according to its Australia CEO Peter Crewe…
06 August 2012
The Financial Services Council intends to push for tax reforms that will include the removal of stamp duty on life insurance policies…
06 August 2012
ClearView Wealth’s adviser network now has access to 10.49 million shares in the company under a waiver provided by the Australian Securities Exchange…
30 July 2012
Federal Coalition plans to scrap the controversial opt-in requirement if it wins next year’s election could be delayed by the outcomes of repealing the carbon and mining taxes…
30 July 2012
Industry codes of conduct should contain provisions “substantially similar” to the opt-in requirement in the Future of Financial Advice legislation, according to the Australian Securities and Investments…
30 July 2012
Successful businesses are run by people who don’t imitate others, according to Association of Financial Advisers President Brad Fox…