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AFA and Beddoes announce consumer choice award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and the Beddoes Institute have announced the preliminary award winners of the 2016 Consumer Choice Awards. The awards are given to insurers rated by over 2,100 claimants and advised policyholders. The preliminary ...

Life insurers must be more transparent: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox. According to the interim results from the Beddoes Institute's Claimant Journey Study, three of the largest life insurance companies have allowed an independent assessment of their life ...

Wellbeing significantly improved through financial literacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... released by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) with the support of TAL, based on research conducted by the Beddoes institute, found that the financial management ability of women improved by 27% over the course of an advice relationship. The ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... awards will be judged by the same panel, comprising Brad Fox and Deborah Kent from the AFA, Rebecca Sheils (Beddoes Institute), Graham Peatey (Practice Management Consultant), Peter Sobels (Riskinfo), and Kristine Brooks and Andy Marshall from Zurich. ...

Beddoes Institute announces MTA award winners

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
The 2015 winners of the Beddoes Institute inaugural Most Trusted Adviser Network (MTA) Awards have been announced. Nationally taking the award for most trusted adviser was Greg Lourens from SAM Group, while David Reed from The Retirement Advice Centre ...

BT awarded Life Company of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016
... determined from a large and representative sample of Australian risk-focussed advisers collected as part of the Beddoes Institute's Adviser Experience Benchmarking Study that forms part of Beddoes' Life Insurance Industry Performance Barometer. Award ...

AFA gives Education, Michael Murphy awards

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... of the association. The AFA's 2015 Recognition Award winners are: CommInsure's Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur, The Beddoes Institute's Rebecca Sheils, Zurich's Richard Dunkerley and IOOF's Nathan Morgan.

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... segmented into three broad categories and advised accordingly, according to research by AIA Australia and the Beddoes Institute. The research paper, The advice challenge: Understanding what clients value, defines the insurance client segments as value ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white paper, Connected Convenience, Fox said that multiple industries - including supermarkets selling life insurance products ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... the 2015 awards, which will be judged by AFA chief executive Brad Fox, AFA national president Deborah Kent, Beddoes Institute's Rebecca Shells, practice management consultant Graham Peatey, Riskinfo's Peter Sobels and Zurich's Kristine Brooks and Andy ...