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Industry moves away from upfront commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Australia's life insurance advisers and providers have reached an agreement to transition from high upfront commissions to alternative remuneration models. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the ...

Kaplan launches online insurance courses

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... professionals and those looking to enter the industry, and they cover the following qualifications: Certificate IV in Life Insurance (Claims, Sales and Underwriting stream), Certificate IV in General Insurance (Claims, Sales and Generalist stream) and ...

ANZ SMSF head moves to Zurich

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... large team of wealth specialists. Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) provides a wide range of general insurance and life insurance products and services in more than 170 countries.

Animal spirits may be playing with fire

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... (AUM) at the end of March 2015. It is equivalent to about 3% of global AUM and superannuation funds and funds of life insurance corporations accounted for about 70% of AUM. A third paper, Potential Growth and Rebalancing in China, suggests much of China's ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... insurance and expansion of approved product lists (APLs). All the above, it should be noted, were addressed in the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group's Report on Retail Life Insurance Advice, released on March 26. In response to the looming Government ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... despite the urgency of APRA's concerns - which were expressed in a letter to life insurers alongside its Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics Report for the March 2015 quarter - Rainmaker's report shows that repricing has been "more moderate ...

TAL Risk Academy receiving "record" applications

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... seriously and have a long and proud history of partnering with financial advisers to provide consumers with invaluable life insurance products and service." He added: "A recent CoreData Risk Research study found that more than two thirds of advisers ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
A new general manager for Godfrey Pembroke and a reshuffle at the top of First State Super led a raft of big appointment stories this week. NAB confirms new Godfrey Pembroke GM - Alan Logan, who has held executive positions at ANZ Advice & Distribution ...

Mercer and Bravura combine for super admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... commercial-off-the-shelf platform." Sonata is an integrated platform that supports superannuation, pensions, KiwiSaver, life insurance, trust and wrap products, and includes web services and workflow capability.

Super life insurance misconceptions addressed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The sale of life insurance through superannuation funds has extended both sectors' reach yet the extra exposure is sending mixed messages to current and potential customers. On one hand life insurance payments and claims have been increasing as members ...