Direct life sales up 50%, says Rice Warner
14 June 2011
Direct life insurance sales have grown by 50% during the last three years, according to a new report by Rice Warner Actuaries…
14 June 2011
Direct life insurance sales have grown by 50% during the last three years, according to a new report by Rice Warner Actuaries…
14 June 2011
The ban on life insurance commission within superannuation is now proposed to start on July 1, 2013…
14 June 2011
Advisers and life insurance companies are not expecting the Government’s proposed opt-in proposal to cause too many problems…
14 June 2011
Asteron has put together a pack for financial advisers to help them lobby MPs against some of the Future of Financial Advice reforms…
14 June 2011
Zurich Life & Investments Australia has sold its research house Lonsec to a new company, Financial Research Holdings, for an undisclosed sum…
06 June 2011
A war of words has broken out between the Association of Financial Advisers and Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten…
06 June 2011
In the first week of the Financial Planning Association’s “Ask an Expert” advice service, only one question on life insurance was received…
06 June 2011
The Finance Sector Union is calling for its members to stop pushing products like life insurance and concentrate on customer service…
30 May 2011
Consumer advocate Choice is supporting Financial Planning Week but has continued its attack on commission payments…
30 May 2011
Consumers could be paying more for advice if the Federal Government opt-in proposal in the Future of Financial Advice reforms is blocked…
30 May 2011
The cost of the Christchurch earthquake for the life insurance industry has been put at $NZ12.5 million ($9.5 million)…
30 May 2011
Superannuation funds will be allowed to claim a percentage of certain total and permanent disability premiums as tax deductions…
30 May 2011
Macquarie Life has merged its Super Protector and FutureWise products after adviser feedback…
30 May 2011
Tower Australia has become the first life insurance provider to the Praemium investment platforms…
23 May 2011
The Financial Planning Association has called on the Federal Government to create a “level playing field” for commissions paid on insurance sold through superannuation…
23 May 2011
The life businesses of AMP and Axa will continue to run separately for the next couple of years…
23 May 2011
The Financial Planning Association will be promoting general insurance as part of its Financial Planning Week, which began yesterday…
23 May 2011
Scor Global Life has opened a Sydney office to offer reinsurance for the Australian life insurance market…
16 May 2011
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten’s office has confirmed that commissions, volume rebates and soft-dollar payments will still be allowed on general insurance products sold into…
16 May 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers is continuing to attack the Federal Government’s Future of Financial Advice reforms with a new information pack for members…