31 January 2022
The single disciplinary body for financial advisers as proposed by the Hayne royal commission commenced operations this month as planned, after legislation passed in the Federal Parliament last October...
31 January 2022
The Financial Services Council says deputy CEO Blake Briggs will run the peak body in the interim following the departure of Sally Loane, who left in December after seven years leading the organisation...
31 January 2022
Synchron SA/NT/Tasmania Manager Chris Regenass died earlier this month during a cardiac surgery aged 57...
31 January 2022
Zurich Life & Investments has appointed William Monday as Chief Medical Officer and Stephanie Pierce as Senior Marketing and Communications Manager – Health Services...
31 January 2022
MLC Life Insurance is aiming to build its partnership credentials with licensees and advisers following four new external hires to its retail distribution team...
31 January 2022
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released the first sitting dates for this year’s financial adviser exam, taking over the administration of the tests from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority...
13 December 2021
Administrators Robson Cotter Insolvency Group have been appointed to the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund No. 2 Pty Ltd, owned by funeral insurer Youpla...
13 December 2021
Offset clauses in default group income protection insurance policies are set for increased scrutiny next year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission says, after its review found the use of such provisions may affect consumer outcomes...
13 December 2021
MLC Life Insurance has appointed Mark Puli as Chief Group Insurance Officer, taking over from Sean Williamson who is leaving the business...
13 December 2021
The Financial Services Council has appointed AMP Australia Wealth Management CEO Scott Hartley and Challenger Chief Executive, People, Corporate Affairs and Strategy Michelle Taylor as board directors...
13 December 2021
AIA has joined forces with not-for-profit group Australians for Mental Health to push for improvements to the health system...
13 December 2021
Adviser MBS Insurance says it will finish the year on a “positive” note, with the business positioned to build further on the changes that were made a few years ago to strengthen its offerings...
13 December 2021
MetLife Australia has been recognised for its diversity and inclusion workplace practices, joining a club of employers who met the prescribed benchmarks to be listed in the Inclusion@Work Index 2021-2022...
06 December 2021
A Westpac life policyholder whose claim for rheumatoid arthritis benefit payments last year was unsuccessful after the insurer retrospectively applied an exclusion for the ailment has lost his complaint...
06 December 2021
Super Consumers Australia has renewed calls for an inquiry into life insurance policies held via superannuation accounts, urging the Federal Government to act on Productivity Commission proposals...
06 December 2021
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has released an information sheet on limited advice, after a targeted consultation with the industry...
06 December 2021
Victoria-based Financial Momentum has joined Count Financial’s national advice network with effect from this month...
06 December 2021
Australians have delayed getting professional skin checks during the disruption of COVID and are putting themselves at risk of skin cancer going undetected, TAL says...
29 November 2021
The troubled individual disability income insurance product is finally in the black, posting an after-tax profit of $124 million in the 12-month period to September 30 after losing $1.41 billion a year earlier, according to latest statistics from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority...
29 November 2021
The Australasian Life Underwriting and Claims Association launched a white paper last week on individual disability income insurance, outlining keys areas where improvements may be made amid an ongoing industry-wide push to return the troubled product line to a sustainable state...