PPS Mutual makes key changes
19 August 2019
Insurer PPS Mutual is strengthening its relationships with its advice partners with two senior appointments...
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AFA names awards finalists
19 August 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has announced its finalists for Adviser of the Year and the AFA Rising Star awards...
Ethics code: organisations want to monitor compliance
19 August 2019
A consortium of financial planning professional organisations have made a submission to monitor industry compliance with the Code of Ethics published by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority..
Zurich nabs Delaney for CEO role
12 August 2019
Zurich has appointed TAL COO Justin Delaney as its new CEO, Life and Investments, replacing Tim Bailey...
AMP reaches revised agreement with Resolution
12 August 2019
Resolution Life will take on the risk for all claims experience and insurance lapse losses from last month until the acquisition of AMP Life is completed, under a salvaged deal with the financial services giant...
CBA life sale aims for end of year
12 August 2019
The Commonwealth Bank’s disposal of its various life insurance businesses and interests is expected to be completed by the end of the year, the bank says...
Advice bodies warn against consequences of new powers
12 August 2019
The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are warning that the use of the corporate regulator’s new product intervention powers may lead to significantly higher costs for consumers...
Four reach finals of female excellence award
12 August 2019
TAL and the Association of Financial Advisers have named four finalists for the Female Excellence in Advice Award...
New grants give an incentive to women
12 August 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers have given 14 inaugural grants to rising female financial planners and paraplanners...
Questions remain over bill ending grandfathered commissions
05 August 2019
The Government’s bill to ban grandfathered commissions will make product providers responsible for rebating any adviser commissions back to customers, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says...
Insurance in super bill should be delayed two months: Senate Committee
05 August 2019
The start date for the government’s reintroduced insurance-in-super bill should be delayed by two months, a Senate report says...
Hume to headline AFA conference
05 August 2019
Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Assistant Minister Senator Jane Hume will headline the Association of Financial Advisers annual conference in Adelaide at the end of August...
Association invites award nominations
05 August 2019
Nominations are open for the Financial Planning Association’s annual awards, which recognises excellence among FPA members, as well as community contributions...
New directors for Future2 board
05 August 2019
The Financial Planning Association’s foundation Future2 has appointed three people to its board of directors...
Insurers unite to fight super reform bill
29 July 2019
The Government’s reintroduced bill to make insurance opt-in for under 25s and low-balance superannuation accounts is facing opposition from life insurers, super funds, intermediaries and even the Cancer Council...
Consumer groups join opposition to insurance-in-super bill
29 July 2019
Consumer advocates are calling for the Federal Government to change elements of its reintroduced insurance-in-superannuation bill or scrap it altogether...
For sale? Westpac ponders the future of its life arm
29 July 2019
Westpac is considering selling its life insurance business, according to media reports...
Celebrity planner cops three-year ban
29 July 2019
Prominent financial planner Sam Henderson has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission for three years...
Crowdfunding covers lack of insurance
29 July 2019
People who lack life insurance cover are driving a boom in crowdfunding efforts to attract financial support after someone dies, life insurer Integrity claims...
Women ‘underestimate their life value’
29 July 2019
Women are undervaluing their life insurance needs by an average $373,000, according to research by NobleOak...