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Life insurance commissions must remain an option: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
High upfront commissions in life insurance might not have a future, but advisers should still be able to use other types of commissions, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)'s chief operating officer Phil Anderson said. "The future of upfront ...

Reconsider life insurance commission ban: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Life insurance status quo must change and the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group should reconsider banning commissions from risk advice, Industry Superannuation Australia (ISA) said in its submission to the inquiry. ISA noted that the working group ...

Suncorp tight-lipped on CEO departure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... 2015. Snowball has been chief executive of the Suncorp Group for five and a half years. During that time, Suncorp's life insurance business has struggled to keep up with the challenges that the group insurance industry has faced. The latest statistics ...

Financial services companies owe consumers $15m compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... the FOS said. Unpaid determinations represent about 30% of all determinations in the categories of investments, life insurance and superannuation. Of these 69% relate to disputes in the financial planning sector. The figures represent a 4% increase from ...

Industry insurance report to focus on advice remuneration model

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
The final report by the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) life insurance working group will largely focus on risk advisers' remuneration structures. The report is expected to be completed before March 31 ...

Separate risk advisers from other planners: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
A life insurance policy has more in common with car insurance policies than with an investment portfolio and therefore risk advisers should be kept separate from other financial planners, Synchron director Don Trapnell argued. "For some reason, risk ...

UK pension funds required to warn consumers

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... national budget. Previously retirees we required to allocate their saving to an annuity, one usually sold by a life insurance company. To allay concerns that unaware consumers may be overwhelmed by complex product information and enticed to select inappropriate ...

AIA appoints chief marketing officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... the appointment comes at an ideal time for the business as it continues its growth trajectory in the Australian life insurance market. "Renae joins us at an exciting time as we seek to build on our position as one of the fastest growing life insurers ...

Surging group premiums push insurer inflows up 12.9 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Life insurance premiums jumped 12.9% during 2014 driven by group business, which has surged by 24%. The figures are contained in the latest analysis by insurance industry researcher Plan For Life for the 12 months to September 2014. According to the ...

Google insurance coming soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... MetLife, an insurer which is simultaneously pushing into direct markets following its 2014 trialing of shopping centre life insurance kiosks. Carney wrote that insurance industry watchers shouldn't over-read the launch delays of Google Compare's US website ...