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AIA hybrid program signs 1,000 advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... Australia's transition to hybrid program. The program is designed to help advisers accommodate the new Life Insurance Framework, recently formalised by the Government. It facilitates a transition from relying on revenue from up-front commission structures ...

PROFILE: NAB Financial Planning general manager Paul Fog

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... financial planning was really emerging during that time. Prior to that, I think it was very much segregated to life insurance guys and investment specialists, without that holistic view of planning. People were doing it, but it definitely wasn't mainstream." ...

AB calls for three-stage CIPR

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... value and means passing more money from the investment pool in to the hands of longer living members. "When I get older my life expectancy goes up. When I'm age 60 I might think I've got to fund 20 to 27 years of my retirement. The fact is when you get ...

Banks to follow NAB's life insurance exit

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
... Rice's comments follow Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer's issuing of the Government's response to the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) proposals, which he described as a "pragmatic compromise between the views of those who want commissions banned completely ...

Life Insurance Framework fear fading

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
The overwhelming majority of advisers are "glad" rather than "mad, sad or scared" about the looming Life Insurance Framework, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Despite continued uncertainty regarding specific LIF ...

Standing up for risk advisers

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers remained a part of the Life Insurance Framework discussions to avoid a "lottery" in the Senate, according to chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking at the AFA 2015 National Adviser Conference in Cairns, Fox discussed ...

Financial System Inquiry response cut-out-and-keep guide

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... innovative product disclosure should be removed." Key measures: By end-2015: Address misalignment of incentives in life insurance. By end-2016: Develop legislation to broaden ASIC toolkit including greater banning and product intervention powers. Regulation ...

Government to lift advice standards by law

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... to consider if the new framework has raised the professional standards of advisers. The response's approach to life insurance is different to that recommended by David Murray's FSI report. "We support the retail life insurance industry's proposed reforms ...

AIA appoints group insurance chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
... distribution. This follows AIA boosting its distribution team in September ahead of the transition to the new Life Insurance Framework. Phillips has been acting in the role since June. Prior to this, she worked in multiple positions in AIA's group insurance ...

AIA builds team to focus on adviser distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... assisting advisers to grow their revenue streams and retain clients ahead of the transition to the new Life Insurance Framework. Santos has been appointed senior client development manager in Queensland, following the recent promotion of Matthew Wakefield ...