REST switches to TAL as new insurance partner
06 May 2019
REST Super will switch life insurance providers from AIA Australia to TAL at the end of this year…
Life Insurance
Industry inflows rise as TAL tightens grip
06 May 2019
Australian life risk premium inflows grew 2% to $16.3 billion last year, analyst Strategic Insight says…
Industry funds attack ‘watered down’ commission ban
06 May 2019
Industry Super Australia has joined the chorus of superannuation groups criticising draft laws to ban grandfathered trail commissions…
AFA opens award nominations
06 May 2019
Nominations are open for the Association of Financial Advisers awards program, including the categories adviser of the year, practice of the year, rising star, female excellence in advice and excellence in education…
Industry slams grandfathered commissions reform
29 April 2019
Super industry groups have attacked draft laws to ban grandfathered trail commissions, saying they don’t go far enough…
Former Breakaway AR banned for five years
29 April 2019
Queensland-based adviser Gregory Forster has been handed a five-year ban for providing inappropriate advice and failing to act in clients’ best interests…
Challenger sales take hit as advice market struggles
29 April 2019
Life annuity provider Challenger has recorded a drop in sales as fallout from the Hayne royal commission disrupts the financial advice market…
Aon to exit financial advice
29 April 2019
Aon is to sell its financial planning business, adding to the raft of large companies abandoning the sector to independents…
AFA ready to hit the road
29 April 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers will begin its national roadshow in Hobart on May 29…
TAL adds value with digital promotion
29 April 2019
TAL has mounted a digital marketing campaign to lift flagging consumer interest in life insurance…
Policy admin sale clears way for Freedom wind-down
15 April 2019
Freedom Insurance has reached an in-principle agreement to transfer its policy administration business to a third party…
Super funds seek separate claims reform treatment
15 April 2019
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia supports proposed claims handling reforms but says the sector should be viewed differently from other insurance providers…
FPA names new conduct tribunal head
15 April 2019
The Financial Planning Association has appointed Dale Boucher as Chairman of its Conduct Review Commission, after Graham McDonald stepped down for family reasons…
Aon appoints reinsurance broking boss
15 April 2019
Aon has appointed Danny Alexander as Head of Life Reinsurance Broking for Australia and New Zealand…
Integrity fills retail BDM roles, enhances product range
15 April 2019
Integrity Life has made a series of distribution appointments and rolled out product improvements in its retail business, which launched last month…
TAL helps advisers with grief management
15 April 2019
TAL’s Risk Academy has introduced a training course to help advisers support grief-stricken clients…
BT hails cancer support program results
15 April 2019
BT says its early intervention cancer assistance program has seen 86% of participants improve their function since its launch in January last year…
Budget fell short on product rationalisation: FSC
08 April 2019
The Federal Budget should have included broader tax relief to encourage the rationalisation of expensive superannuation products, the Financial Services Council says…
More insurers defend commissions system
08 April 2019
NEOS Life has joined the chorus of industry calls for adviser commissions to be retained…
Ditch general advice label, FPA says
08 April 2019
The Financial Planning Association wants the term “general advice” scrapped, after a report by the corporate regulator revealed different advice terms confuse consumers…