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Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... the proposed reforms to the life risk industry, after a motion calling for removal of support of the Life Insurance Framework received little support in a vote. The special resolution fell well short of the votes needed to bring about a change to the ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Smith, and APRA board member Geoff Summerhayes discussed all the major talking points relating to the Life Insurance Framework, concluding that the industry must move towards self-regulation in order to regain its reputation. "The reason we are facing ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Jenny Brown each used their opening addresses, ahead of an extraordinary general meeting triggered by Life Insurance Framework opponents within the AFA membership, to remind delegates that change and adaption have always been a part of life as financial ...

Adviser commission reforms pushed back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
The start date to phase down risk commissions is deferred and the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) will apply to all channels of financial advice, Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services said the phasing down will ...

Life insurance reforms to be re-introduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed to Financial Standard that draft legislation pertaining to the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) will be formally re-introduced in early October when Federal Parliament next meets. An exposure draft of the ...

Life insurance code needs clarity: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... interact with life companies, which would very much include financial planners." The FPA believe the life insurance framework will have a significant impact on financial advisers and the way they provide advice to their clients and as a result there ...

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... fired back at Life Insurance Customer Group member Mark Dunsford who claims the reforms contained in the Life Insurance Framework are designed purely to benefit life companies and banks. In an open letter to Loane, Dunsford accused her and the FSC of ...

LICG successful in triggering AFA EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... adequately represent members' and consumers' interests during negotiations with Government as to the Life Insurance Framework (LIF), though the AFA does not believe a constitutional change would have any bearing on the proposed reforms contained within ...

Risk advice revenue falls 7pc in 2016

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... advice revenue has dropped to the lowest point since 2013 as advisers anticipate the impacts of pending Life Insurance Framework (LIF) reforms, according to the Investment Trends 2016 Planner Risk Report. According to the report, the average adviser ...

AFA calls on members to reject constitution change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... member of LICG and AFA member, Mark Dunsford called for the constitutional change, claiming that the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) reforms will only serve to boost insurer profits at the expense of consumers and advisers, arguing that both the AFA and ...