Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2141 - 2150 of 7046 results for "Insurance"

AFA, FPA slam haste in ending grandfathered commissions

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... is prevented from moving products as a result of Capital Gains Tax, grandfathered Centrelink Asset Test treatment or insurance issues. The FPA said more than 50% of its members have made the transition. It wants the government to provide a three-year ...

ASIC warns trustees on employer inducements

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... sporting event tickets to a group of employers - is likely to breach s68A. Offering discounted premiums on business insurance policies is another example of a possible contravention. A trustee that provides fund updates to employers twice a year over ...

Industry not impressed with APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... survey, conducted by Orima Research, takes into account the positions of 280 regulated entities across the banking, insurance and superannuation industries, and 70 knowledgeable observers, including auditors, actuaries and industry associations. Despite ...

Financial services boom rolls on

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... of total employment. About half of the sector's employees work in finance (banking and funds management); 20% work in insurance and superannuation; and 30% are employed in auxiliary services such as trustee, investment management or advisory services ...

UniSuper advice offering surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... demand. On staff are more than 95 financial advisers and general advice consultants who help members with superannuation, insurance, retirement strategies and product queries. Funds under advice totalling $13 billion relates specifically to personal ...

SuperFriend boosts leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... newly created executive leadership roles as part of its expansion plans. Sandy MacLeod will become general manager of insurance solutions. He joins from CommInsure where he was senior product manager for three years. Keir Paterson steps into the role ...

Spectrum Wealth representatives find new homes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... departures of some key personnel. This information has been disclosed to the market by Spectrum's parent entity, Freedom Insurance Group. ASIC previously notified Spectrum that it was considering suspending or cancelling Spectrum's AFSL. Freedom first ...

Industry fund changes asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... options, effective July 1. The cap on administration fees of $1575 per year remained unchanged, as did the fund's insurance premiums and indirect cost ratios.

Ban unsolicited life insurance sales: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... number of Financial Standard readers have backed corporate regulator ASIC's move to ban the unsolicited sales of life insurance. Ninety-four percent of participants, who voted in a spot poll conducted last week, said life insurance and consumer credit ...

Women don't know their worth: Noble Oak

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
Women underestimate their life insurance value by 125% while men underestimate theirs by just 19%, latest research shows. According to Noble Oak, women think their life insurance is worth an average of $373,000 less than it actually is. Men underestimate ...