Australian life advisers ‘cheaper than direct distribution’
19 March 2012
Life insurance sold through advisers is cheaper than direct distribution, a new survey has found…
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Innovative insurers recognised
19 March 2012
OnePath has won a Canstar Innovation Excellence Award for its Self Secure Life product…
Group market continues to grow
19 March 2012
Group life insurance inforce premiums rose 16.8% to $1.48 billion in the 12 months ending June 30 last year, according to Plan For Life…
Big revenue drop for life insurers in 2011
12 March 2012
Life insurance revenue last year dropped dramatically, according to the latest figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
AFA continues the FOFA fight
12 March 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers is continuing its campaign to amend the Future of Financial Advice legislation by writing to all senators and federal MPs…
Life sales continue to grow
12 March 2012
New life insurance sales were up 19.38% in the 12 months ending December 31, according to research house Dexx&r…
NZ forms its own financial services council
12 March 2012
The New Zealand Investment Savings and Insurance Association is to become the Financial Services Council of New Zealand (FSCNZ) from tomorrow…
No evidence churning is happening
12 March 2012
The lack of data on the “churning” of life insurance business raises questions about legislating against the practice, a life insurance dealer group director says…
MLC upgrades online systems
12 March 2012
MLC has made 35 updates to its Riskfirst and Illustrator technology to help advisers write more life insurance business…
Call for more flexible life insurance in MySuper
12 March 2012
Mercer Partner David Knox has called for more flexibility in life insurance provided to members of the proposed MySuper funds…
Shadow shopper survey for life industry
05 March 2012
A “shadow shopper” survey of life insurance advice has been recommended by a parliamentary committee looking at the Future of Financial Advice reforms…
Accountants key to more SMSF life sales
05 March 2012
Life advisers should be building strategic relationships with accountants to win more self-managed superannuation fund business…
AIA offers group policies for SMSFs
05 March 2012
AIA Australia has joined with Sydney-based third-party insurance administrator Australian Group Insurance to tackle the lack of life insurance in self-managed superannuation funds…
Coalition says what’s wrong with FOFA
05 March 2012
Future of Financial Advice proposals will unnecessarily increase red tape while increasing the cost of financial advice, according to Federal Opposition members of the parliamentary joint committee…
Industry disappointed with PJC report
05 March 2012
Financial services industry bodies have expressed their disappointment at the Parliamentary Joint Committee report supporting the Future of Financial Advice bills…
CommInsure picks up Tasmanian business
05 March 2012
CommInsure has won a life insurance mandate from Tasmanian-based Retirements Benefits Fund…
FPA maintains push for life commissions
27 February 2012
The Financial Planning Association has called on the Federal Government to amend the definition of group life insurance in superannuation to allow commissions to be paid on advice to individual…
ASIC shopper report impact ‘might be bigger than FOFA’
27 February 2012
The results of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s “shadow shopper” report might have greater implications for the financial services industry than the proposed Future of Financial…
Suncorp Life rides investment wave
27 February 2012
Suncorp Life was the star performer in the group’s half-year financials, lodging a 118% increase in net profit after tax to $133 million…
‘Good’ half-year results from ClearView
27 February 2012
ClearView has reported a 316% increase in net profit after tax to $12.2 million for the six months ending December 31…