24 June 2019
Some wealth managers drawing fees from superannuation life insurance policies on inactive accounts are disputing regulatory guidance from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority that such accounts need to be either confirmed or cancelled by members...
24 June 2019
MetLife Australia has created a new Chief Customer and Marketing Officer position, promoting chief distribution officer Chesne Stafford to the role...
24 June 2019
Former foreign minister Julie Bishop and Thailand cave rescuer Richard Harris will headline the Association of Financial Advisers’ annual conference in August...
24 June 2019
Zurich has launched a wellness app to reward life insurance customers who improve and maintain physical and mental wellbeing...
17 June 2019
The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers have formed a joint life insurance taskforce...
17 June 2019
The Financial Services Council and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia have launched a joint campaign to encourage people to check their group life cover arrangements ahead of legislative changes...
17 June 2019
Disruption in the financial advice market has led to a drop in Challenger’s annuity sales from $1.17 billion to $662 million over six months...
17 June 2019
Commonwealth is the latest bank to offload its financial advice arm, selling Count Financial to CountPlus for $2.5 million...
17 June 2019
Fidelity Life New Zealand has recruited Gallagher Bassett’s EGM Claims Katherine Johnson to be its new COO...
17 June 2019
Kaplan Professional’s graduate diploma of financial planning and other bridging courses have been approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority...
11 June 2019
The Federal Government and corporate regulator’s “obsession” with conflicted remuneration is blinding them to the need to ensure consumers have access to financial advice, a leading adviser warns…
11 June 2019
MLC policyholders can claim for past heart attacks or arthritis after the insurer retrospectively updated old definitions…
11 June 2019
Smokers can pay hundreds of dollars more a month than non-smokers for $500,000 life insurance policies, according to Canstar research…
11 June 2019
Life insurers must clean up the legacy systems plaguing their administration if they want to provide a better customer experience, a financial consultant has warned…
11 June 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has opened registrations for its annual conference, to be held in Adelaide in August…
11 June 2019
The Financial Planning Association has established a mental health program for advisers struggling under the weight of education and regulatory changes…
03 June 2019
Net profit for the life insurance industry plummeted to only $800 million in the year to March, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority figures…
03 June 2019
AIA has launched a national campaign with superannuation partners Mercer and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation to encourage members to stop their “inactive” super accounts being shut down…
03 June 2019
Zurich has completed its acquisition of ANZ’s OnePath life insurance business, giving it the largest financial adviser distributor channel in the country…
03 June 2019
Troubled direct life insurer Freedom Insurance will shut subsidiary Spectrum Wealth Advisers after an exodus of key personnel…