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Insurance cover launched for SMSFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... insurance cover products include Art & Collectables Insurance, Commercial and Residential Property Insurance and Life Insurance. "We believe running an SMSF comes with inherent risks beyond just investment risk, particularly with such a fast growing ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
A new initiative has been unveiled that will see financial advisers repay their entire commissions on life insurance if a policy lapses in the first year. The Financial Services Council (FSC) will spearhead the claw-back system, which could see advisers ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... good." While Trio dominated the final quarter of the discussion, other members of the panel also talked about group life insurance and "overregulation".

ING Direct prepares for retail super foray

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... key to banks' growth over coming decades, flagging a coming "land grab" in market share for superannuation and life insurance ''What mortgage share has been to banks over the past 20 years, we think the growth in wealth will be to banks over the next ...

Fix churn with watch list: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... While a recent survey conducted by Asteron Life showed independent financial planners believed dealer groups and life insurance companies should manage the issue, the AFA has said public information is a better approach to its eradication. "Churning ...

BT flags wealth "land grab"

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... aligned dealer brand as part of the group's broader ambition to grow by securing a larger chunk of superannuation and life insurance assets. The new brand, BT Select, is a business-to-business group targeting multi-partner independent financial adviser ...

PE firm makes ClearView bid

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... private equity investment manager with approximately $1bn in committed capital across its funds. ClearView is a life insurance, wealth management and financial planning provider, formed in 2010 through the merger of MBF life and ClearView retirement ...

ClearView expands advice division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... independent advisers across Australia. The positive acceptance of our LifeSolutions suite of products and strong life insurance premium growth reflects the early success of our strategy in the retail life advice segment," said Swanson. "We believe our ...

Handle churn through dealer groups, don't target advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... advisers conducted by Asteron Life. In a submission on the FSC's proposed standards on replacement business for life insurance policies, Asteron Life wrote that the view of the advice industry is that there needs to be a corporate approach to the issue. ...

Direct insurance 40% of market by 2021

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... to work with the growth channel rather than see it as a competitor. In 2010-11 it already accounted for 25% of life insurance sold in Australia, according to a report by the Oliver Wyman and Plan For Life consultancy groups. They said insurers need to ...