Early success for FPA media campaign
10 October 2011
The Financial Planning Association is claiming success with its $2 million national advertising campaign, despite it only being three weeks old…
Life Insurance
Life insurers must meet customer expectations to survive
10 October 2011
Life insurers have been warned against ignoring “one of the greatest challenges facing the industry” – higher customer expectations…
New-look Guardian plans to grow
10 October 2011
Guardian Financial Planning has been rebranded to Guardian Advice as part of a strategic review of the group…
Call for more scaled advice topics
03 October 2011
Scaled advice should be allowed across all areas of the financial services industry, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees says in its submission on the topic…
Good year for Fidelity Life
03 October 2011
Fidelity Life has reported a record after-tax profit of $NZ18.3 million ($14.5 million) for the year ending June 30…
Flexible insurance in Bendigo’s super moves
03 October 2011
Advisers will be able to transfer life insurance when moving clients into Bendigo Wealth’s new low-cost superannuation product…
Guardian helps advisers with life paperwork
03 October 2011
Guardian Financial Planning is offering free life insurance statements of advice to its advisers to help them deal with the Future of Financial Advice reforms…
Zurich scraps reports on death cover
03 October 2011
Zurich Financial Services has scrapped compulsory personal medical attendant reports on a number of its life, total and permanent disability and income protection policies…
Faster polices from MLC
03 October 2011
MLC is planning to cut turnaround times on new business by up to 70% when a new range of insurance products are launched in the middle of next month…
Opt-in will cost industry jobs, warns Asteron
26 September 2011
Suncorp-owned life insurer Asteron has warned the cost of opt-in will add significantly to the cost of running advisers’ practices and will force some out of business…
Insurance concerns over Stronger Super proposals
26 September 2011
Concerns are being raised over the Federal Government’s proposal to compulsorily consolidate superannuation accounts under $1000, with advisers saying it will result in members losing…
Head of Suncorp Life Risk role confirmed
26 September 2011
Suncorp Life has confirmed the appointment of Sean Carroll as Executive GM for Life Risk Australia, based in Sydney…
OnePath wins top product award again
26 September 2011
Life insurer OnePath has again been named the winner of Canstar Cannex’s outstanding life insurance product award…
Zurich uses app for flexible processing
26 September 2011
Zurich Life has launched an app available through the Apple AppStore for advisers with iPads…
Lambert joins ClearView
26 September 2011
Sydney-based Lambert Investments has agreed to use the ClearView dealer group for life insurance and wealth management products…
Life premiums up but new business down
19 September 2011
Total inforce life insurance annuals premiums grew by 8.8% for the 12 months ending June 30, according to research house Dexx&r…
Rice Warner justifies opt-in cost
19 September 2011
Rice Warner has defended its costing of the opt-in proposal used by Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten when launching the draft Future of Financial Advice Bill…
FSC ‘wrong’ to blame churning on advisers
19 September 2011
The head of a specialist life insurance dealer group has attacked the Financial Services Council’s “churning” initiative…
Macquarie Life streamlines medical assessments
19 September 2011
Macquarie Life has joined forces with medical evidence provider UHG to streamline the medical assessment process…
Testing times for corporate life advisers
19 September 2011
Group life insurance sold through corporate superannuation funds may end up being treated as a retail product as a result of the Future of Financial Advice reforms…