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SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... particularly low roll-over balances and if you can't articulate the disadvantages to the client of doing that - including life insurance that they might lose or cover they may not regain because of a pre-existing condition - then don't go any further." ...

Royal Commission an opportunity: Anderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... occurring. However, a blanket solution for fee structures is not the answer. "We will not be arguing for the removal of life insurance commissions... The avoidance of conflicts in business is an unrealistic expectation," he said. "If you charge an hourly-based ...

Aviva chief executive exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Aviva chief executive Mark Wilson is stepping down from the top job and will exit in April 2019. The UK insurance, pensions, investments and asset management firm said Wilson and its board have mutually agreed that Wilson will leave the group. Aviva ...

ASIC bans Spectrum Wealth adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... make reasonable enquiries into his clients' relevant circumstances, such as obtaining existing superannuation and insurance information and adequately investigating financial products before making recommendations. Mehra didn't compare the features ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
MetLife has won a group insurance mandate from an $8.8 billion superannuation fund. Tasplan appointed MetLife to deliver insurance offerings to its 145,000 members, replacing incumbent group insurer CommInsure. Tasplan chief operations officer Nick ...

Zurich launches new adviser portal

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... improvements. "The quoting and application process can be one of the lengthiest and most complex aspects of implementing life insurance advice, and adviser feedback suggested that across the entire market there was much scope for improvement," Howell ...

AMP defends charging dead clients

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
AMP has defended its practice of charging premiums to dead life insurance customers in a submission to the financial services Royal Commission. The wealth manager continued to deduct life insurance premiums from a deceased customer, even after AMP has ...

Half of Australians don't have a will

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
... estate. Even if you don't have a house or share portfolio, you may have money in super, jointly owned assets or a life insurance benefit that needs to be divided." The results are based on Finder's survey of 2011 Australians. It also broke down its findings ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
The chief executive of Freedom Insurance Group has left the company effective immediately and more than half of its workforce is being made redundant. Chief executive Keith Cohen, who has been at the helm for nearly nine years, will be replaced by chief ...

Royal Commission interim report flawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... adviser service fees and grandfathered commissions we cannot see any justification for a review, let alone removal of life insurance commissions." The body will have more to say in its subsequent submission "with respect to the flaws in the interim report's ...