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AZ NGA acquires Wealthmed Australia

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
AZ Next Generation Advisory is continuing its acquisition spree with the purchase of a highly targeted and integrated financial planning business specialising in wealth management for doctors and other medical specialists. The firm signed a binding ...

MLC Life names chief underwriter, expands medical service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
MLC Life Insurance appointed a new chief underwriter at a time when the firm and the industry are experiencing significant levels of growth and transformation. Debbie Kennedy is formerly the group head of protection strategy at UK-based life insurer ...

Artificial intelligence provides adviser advantage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Artificial intelligence is reshaping wealth management and a digital infrastructure specialist believes financial advice practices will greatly benefit from implementing AI in the workplace. Dimension Data believes artificial intelligence is not just ...

TAL intensifies mental health strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Life insurer TAL is expanding its mental health capabilities by creating a new executive role and partnering with an expert in the field. Glenn Baird has been appointed as head of mental health and will be responsible for driving TAL's mental health ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... at the time of claiming when customers may need to answer more detailed health questions and supply a report from their doctor. "Not only does this slow the process down at a time when a customer is emotionally distressed, but it could reveal a pre-existing ...

Advisers maintain trustworthy reputation: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
The financial planning profession has maintained its reputation for being ethical and honest over the last five years, Roy Morgan research shows. About one-quarter of respondents in the market research firm's annual survey of the most highly-regarded ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Sunsuper puts adviser trust front and centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... people receiving financial advice were experiencing anxiety in similar ways to what they had experienced after visiting a doctor. Stress levels increased the more 'dominant' an adviser was, with an adviser's increased knowledge level acting as a double ...

Life code needs work: ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... working and not working over time." "We want to see an end to, for example, a claim of chronic fatigue being referred to a doctor who doesn't believe that chronic fatigue exists," she added. Kelly also used the opportunity to recommend against creating ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... difficult for the Commission to draw meaningful conclusions and it places a burden on the industry. ASFA chief executive Doctor Martin Fahy said: "While some of the reporting is voluntary, ASFA remains concerned the assessment process will impose an ...