APRA defines MySuper occupational incapacity rules
22 July 2013
MySuper members can use permanent incapacity insurance on an “own-occupation” basis, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has confirmed…
Life Insurance
Platforms add insurance options for advisers
22 July 2013
Investment platform providers are responding to adviser demand for more insurers on approved lists…
Customers ‘don’t trust insurers’
15 July 2013
Consumers do not trust life insurers to pay claims, according to a new report from the Association of Financial Advisers and BT…
It pays to be a planner in Victoria or NSW
15 July 2013
Financial planners in NSW and Victoria continue to earn more than their counterparts in other states, according to the latest Michael Page Australia Salary and Employment Forecast…
AMP and MLC continue to lose share
15 July 2013
Leading life insurers face mounting pressure as recent entrants continue to grow their market shares, according to new figures from Plan For Life…
More female advisers needed, says AFA
15 July 2013
The Association for Financial Advisers has renewed its call for more women to join the industry…
FPA praises push for advisers to join associations
08 July 2013
The Financial Planning Association has welcomed AMP’s requirement for advisers to belong to a professional association…
Lifewise joins Synchron
08 July 2013
Gold Coast-based Lifewise Wealth Protection has joined the Synchron dealer group…
VC winner to open FPA congress
08 July 2013
Registrations have opened for the Financial Planning Association’s national congress in Sydney…
TAL joins UN sustainability initiative
08 July 2013
TAL Life has joined the United Nations Principles for Sustainable Insurance group…
Tax agents bill ‘rammed through’ Senate
01 July 2013
The bill requiring financial services licensees to register as tax agents has passed the Senate, despite continued opposition from the Coalition…
FPA members ‘in good shape’ for FOFA
01 July 2013
The Future of Financial Advice reforms begin today, and the Financial Planning Association says its members are ready…
Guardian merges WA practices in equity deal
01 July 2013
Guardian Advice will roll two of its WA financial planning practices into Capital Managers, after the dealer group took an undisclosed equity stake in the company…
Australian advisers boost numbers at global roundtable
01 July 2013
A record number of Australian life insurance advisers attended the recent Million Dollar Round Table annual meeting in Philadelphia, US…
TAL’s Minto joins Dai-ichi board
01 July 2013
TAL Life Insurance CEO Jim Minto has been appointed Executive Officer of parent company Dai-ichi Life…
Claims take toll on AMP insurance arm
24 June 2013
AMP’s life insurance earnings have suffered a blowout on income protection claims…
Advisers win more time on tax agent registration
24 June 2013
Financial advisers’ exemption from registering as tax agents has been extended to July 1 next year…
Budget Direct enters personal accident market
24 June 2013
Budget Direct has introduced personal accident insurance of up to $400,000, with the first 60 days of cover offered free…
Macquarie takes trauma and TPD to the next level
24 June 2013
Macquarie Life has introduced three levels of trauma cover and two levels of total and permanent disability insurance to its FutureWise product…
Most ratings affirmed as S&P reassesses life companies
24 June 2013
Standard & Poor’s has reviewed its assessment of 18 life insurers in the Asia-Pacific region, making only one change…