Direct life sales ‘still a challenging market’
02 April 2012
Aggregators will not be a long-term distribution model for life insurance, according to NMG Consulting Executive Director Mark Prichard…
02 April 2012
Aggregators will not be a long-term distribution model for life insurance, according to NMG Consulting Executive Director Mark Prichard…
02 April 2012
Consumers are happy with the life insurance cover they have within a super fund, but they don’t know anything about the policy, according to Canstar Head of Wealth Management Stephen Mitchell…
02 April 2012
The expansion of genome testing could make some people uninsurable, according to a Swiss Re expert on life and health research…
02 April 2012
ClearView has recruited three more adviser practices to its dealer group and its LifeSolutions product has been added to more approved lists…
02 April 2012
Insurers will have to understand people’s behaviour to sell life insurance rather than just use “wallpaper” advertising, according to a marketing expert…
26 March 2012
The legal start date of the Future of Financial Advice reforms still remains at July 1 this year because the Federal Government failed to change it in Parliament…
26 March 2012
The Federal Government has changed the controversial opt-in provision in its Future of Financial Advice legislation, now providing advisers exemptions from the measure if they are members…
26 March 2012
The latest changes to the Future of Financial Advice regulations have divided the financial services industry…
26 March 2012
The Financial Services Council will talk to the life insurance industry on developing a policy to stop churning, but industry sources say it is not a major problem…
26 March 2012
The pricing of group life insurance is coming under increased scrutiny by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
26 March 2012
A parliamentary committee looking into the proposed MySuper legislation has accepted that life insurance within a fund cannot be tailored to suit individual members…
19 March 2012
The Government has caved in after fierce industry lobbying and delayed the introduction of the Future of Financial Advice reforms for a year…
19 March 2012
The financial services industry has welcomed the delayed start date for the Future of Financial Advice reforms, but will keep lobbying on other elements of the bill…
19 March 2012
A review of life insurance offered within super funds should be undertaken after the Future of Financial Advice reforms become law…
19 March 2012
Life insurance sold through advisers is cheaper than direct distribution, a new survey has found…
19 March 2012
OnePath has won a Canstar Innovation Excellence Award for its Self Secure Life product…
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…
12 March 2012
Life insurance revenue last year dropped dramatically, according to the latest figures from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
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…
12 March 2012
New life insurance sales were up 19.38% in the 12 months ending December 31, according to research house Dexx&r…