01 April 2019
Many financial services employees do not engage with external mental health support programs because of stress and job insecurity, according to workplace mental health partner SuperFriend…
01 April 2019
MS&AD Insurance Group will provide Challenger with ¥50 billion of reinsurance annually for the next five years, in an expansion of their strategic relationship…
01 April 2019
Hundreds of advisers facing thousands of dollars in retraining costs have been granted a reprieve by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority…
01 April 2019
NEOS Life has announced additions to its underwriting and sales divisions…
25 March 2019
Australian life insurers pay out on mental health claims at about the same rate as cases occur in the community, the Financial Services Council says…
25 March 2019
The Federal Government will accept the Hayne royal commission recommendation to include the handling and settlement of insurance claims under the definition of financial service…
25 March 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has lambasted the Hayne royal commission’s negative portrayal of the sector…
25 March 2019
TAL’s Risk Academy will host a series of education workshops to help advisers promote business insurance to clients…
25 March 2019
Zurich has reassured financial advisers it will not lose focus on OneCare’s customer-oriented features and service improvements when it starts operating the product this year…
18 March 2019
The Financial Services Council will introduce a moratorium on life insurance genetic test results as a binding standard from July 1, following stakeholder feedback in the Life Insurance Code of Practice consultation…
18 March 2019
The Financial Services Council has urged the Federal Government to use next month’s budget to cut red tape preventing the retirement of substandard legacy financial products…
18 March 2019
TAL has been named the Association of Financial Advisers’ life company of the year for the second year running, beating AIA, OnePath Life and Zurich Financial Services…
18 March 2019
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has “suspended” the sale of its wealth management operations, including its financial advice business, to concentrate on Hayne royal commission recommendations…
18 March 2019
Life insurers should incorporate emerging risks such as cyber attacks into their stress testing scenarios, the prudential regulator says…
18 March 2019
The Financial Planning Association has launched a new networking program aimed at attracting university students to the profession…
11 March 2019
Nearly 30% of consumers are unwilling to pay out-of-pocket fees for life insurance advice, according to a Rice Warner study…
11 March 2019
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has criticised plans to include the insurance in superannuation code as a voluntary commitment within the Life Insurance Code of Practice…
11 March 2019
Life insurers must undertake a fundamental product redesign and underwriting transformation to be sustainable in the long term, consultant Oliver Wyman warns…
11 March 2019
S&P Global has upgraded its outlook on Suncorp Life to positive after the business’ sale to TAL completed two weeks ago…
11 March 2019
The Financial Planning Association has launched an online education portal to combat confusion about forthcoming higher education requirements for advisers…