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Advice firm enters insurance market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
A Melbourne financial advice firm launched its own personal risk insurance offering. New and existing clients of Hewison Private Wealth can now obtain life, TPD, income protection and trauma insurance, free from commissions. Clients that take out policies ...

TAL enhances adviser learning hub

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... meet new legislative and educational requirements. TAL Risk Academy added 16 new courses covering superannuation and insurance advice, financial underwriting, understanding health conditions and business management, to bring the number of courses available ...

Super funds that embrace change will prevail: DST

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... combination of challenges and remedies that have created the opportunity of a lifetime for superannuation funds and life insurance companies," DST director product management Sam Higgie said. "All players in the super industry can materially and positively ...

FSC and FOS appoint former ASX chief risk officer

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... and Financial Ombudsman Service named the chair of the committee tasked with overseeing the implementation of the Life Insurance Code of Practice. Anne Brown joins the Life Code Compliance Committee (LCCC) while also serving as a member of ASIC's markets ...

AI threatens financial services workers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... employees with different skillsets capable of fully harnessing the technology, Groth added. Executives in the banking and insurance sectors plan to build a dedicated team of AI professionals in the near future; 78% of leaders said future business strategies ...

Group insurance dominates life insurance channels: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
The majority of people canvassed in Financial Standard's weekly poll reveal they have life insurance via their superannuation fund. About 60% of respondents said life insurance was available via their employer or super fund. Almost one-in-three (32%) ...

Sydney advice firm launches insurance joint venture

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
One of the senior members at a Sydney wealth management firm will lead its new life insurance business following the establishment of a joint venture. HLB Mann Judd Sydney has appointed Andrew Kennedy to lead HLB Insurance Services, which will operate ...

ASIC shines spotlight on insurance advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... Among the 200 financial planning client files reviewed by ASIC, 10% were considered to have serious concerns over life insurance arrangements. The corporate regulator most concerned about financial advice that led to clients changing life insurance arrangements ...

Online Aussie consumer giant enters life insurance market

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
One of Australia's leading online consumer brands is entering the life insurance industry via a distribution partnership. Under the agreement with life insurance distributor Greenstone Financial Services, Kogan.com (Kogan) will offer life insurance ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... "significantly worse off." In such cases, clients had switched to new superannuation platforms resulting in inferior insurance arrangements and/or significant increases in product fees. ASIC determined that the advisers' preference for in-house products ...