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Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... funds under advice and recently acquired private wealth firm Martin Goodrich & Associates. It also announced that life insurance policies recommended through its Centric Wealth and Financial Index Wealth Accountants subsidiaries will be commission-fr ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Too many Australians don't understand the purpose of life insurance and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Centrelink as effective substitutes, suggests research commissioned by Zurich and the Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... was still confident the reforms would pass the Senate. Frydenberg also addressed issues about foreign investment, life insurance, professional standards, and the ongoing role of ASIC.

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... consumers would accept genetic testing for detecting life-threatening conditions as part of their risk assessments for life insurance, research found. A recent survey of 134 insurance employees and their personal contacts by global life reinsurance service ...

Cbus moves insurance to TAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Industry superannuation fund Cbus will move its group life insurance to TAL Life in November, ending its previous partnership with Hannover Life Re of Australasia. The move will deliver no premium increase to members, which is a significant agreement ...

Suncorp Life super channel leads profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... 6.5% on the previous year to $970 million. This outperformed Suncorp's expectations, especially in a climate where life insurance margins are tightening. The statement also noted that the new proposed life insurance reforms represented both a "clear ...

NZ looks to Trowbridge for life reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
New Zealand's Financial Services Council (FSC) has commissioned a report on life insurance advice, with Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair John Trowbridge selected as an adviser for the project. Consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has implemented key risk/life insurance advice reforms that were inspired by similar policies in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK. Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Lawrence Wong said these countries' ...

AFA tweaking life insurance framework

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers is refining aspects of the Life Insurance Framework developed jointly with the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC). The three industry associations reached consensus ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... Findex's Centric Wealth and Financial Index Wealth Accountants divisions will now only recommend commission-free life insurance policies. As per the recommendations provided by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association ...