CBA deals with Storm involvement
22 June 2009
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted to its involvement in financial planning group Storm Financial’s collapse and promised to set things right with affected customers...
22 June 2009
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has admitted to its involvement in financial planning group Storm Financial’s collapse and promised to set things right with affected customers...
22 June 2009
The life insurer at the centre of an alleged $500,000 insurance fraud payout remains tight-lipped after another insurer told insuranceNEWS.com.au it had rejected a follow-up claim worth $1.5 million...
22 June 2009
The economic downturn has prompted a rethink among many Australians about the adequacy of their life insurance cover, according to a report by Axa Asia-Pacific...
15 June 2009
The war of words between the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers continues following an FPA proposal to move to a fee-based pay structure...
15 June 2009
It isn’t just Australian insurers doing well in comparison with their global counterparts – another report by KPMG says Australian businesses in general are showing confidence...
15 June 2009
Financial planning group Financial Index Australia has bought the remainder of collapsed Queensland advisory firm Storm Financial’s client book...
15 June 2009
ING Australia is getting ready to launch a suite of income protection products tailored around longevity risks...
09 June 2009
The Financial Ombudsman Service has named its new board, which will officially meet for the first time tomorrow...
09 June 2009
The Financial Planning Association has agreed to members’ requests to extend the deadline for comments on its consultation paper calling for a move away from commissions to fees...
09 June 2009
Macquarie University Bachelor of Commerce student Yeeshu Kumar is the inaugural winner of a new $30,000 Deutsche Bank scholarship for actuarial students...
01 June 2009
Two major banks are tipped to be the major suitors for the mooted sale of life insurer Aviva’s Australian business...
01 June 2009
Don’t expect to see too many cases of New Zealand investors suing insurance companies when financial advisers and the companies they recommend go bust, according to...
01 June 2009
First it split off its general insurance operations, and now troubled insurer AIG has announced plans to accelerate the restructure of its life insurance unit American International Assurance through...
01 June 2009
Policyholders who lose their jobs will get a three-month waiver on their life premiums with a new ING Australia offering called Premium Break...
25 May 2009
The Financial Planning Association has assured members there will be no penalty for failing to comply with its proposed fee-for-service model after being inundated with questions and concerns...
25 May 2009
More people are choosing to go online to buy life insurance rather than see a financial planner, according to Allianz Australia...
25 May 2009
Australian life insurance broker Lifebroker has announced its expansion into the huge UK market...
18 May 2009
Australian soldiers being deployed to Afghanistan are being told by the Defence Department to consider additional life cover to top up their existing death benefits...
18 May 2009
The brisk pace of regulatory reform has proved a little too brisk for life insurance companies with non-operating holding companies...
18 May 2009
Suncorp Wealth Management Group Executive Geoff Summerhayes says the low number of life insurance claims resulting from the Victorian bushfires proves the industry needs to...