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

Search Results

Showing 3711 - 3720 of 7051 results for "Insurance"

AFA announces awards finalists

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... finalists for the the Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year awards. 2015's Adviser of the Year grand finalists are Mr Insurance's PJ Byrne, The Retirement Advice Centre's David Reed and Affinity Private's Catherine Robson. The Practice of the ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... reportedly supposed to meet on Monday night to discuss the government's response to the FSI, and the response to the Life Insurance Framework was also imminent. But the Liberal spill has delayed the process. An opportunity to speed up policy reform The ...

First State Super funds Aussie start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... and telecommunications as having the highest average annual growth rate since 1992. This is higher than financial and insurance services, and professional, scientific and technical services. "The Trade Commission also acknowledges the vast investment ...

TAL, Zurich dominate life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
TAL and Zurich provide the best value life insurance products, according to Canstar's 2015 Star Ratings Report. The report found that both insurers "couldn't be separated for top honours in providing outstanding value overall across the life insurance ...

PractiFI expands with $1.3m seed funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... for financial advice practices. After announcing that several AMP practices had adopted the software, it added Omnium insurance research tool OmniLife to its suite of services. "PractiFI is the only wealth platform that integrates best-of-breed industry ...

VFMC begins search for new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Emergency Services Superannuation Scheme, WorkSafe Victoria, Transport Accident Commission and the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

Mercer handed fine for unlicensed advice in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... financial advice on its behalf. It also let employees without the minimum entry and exam requirements advise on life insurance policies and arrange life insurance contracts. Mercer breached the stipulation that a principal "shall not permit any individual ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Scanlon's Scanlon Foundation, the KordaMentha Partners consortium led by Mark Korda and David Winterbottom, and QBE Insurance, which invested $30 million. "FGG is a perpetual gift from the funds management industry to our future generation," FGG founder ...

NAB launches robo-advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... the option to seek further advice if they feel it is necessary." Currently, the service focuses on superannuation and insurance, but NAB intends to extend it to other areas such as debt, investments and estate planning. "The shape of the advice industry ...

AIA outlines adviser support plan

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
AIA Australia has announced its plans to support financial advisers in the transition to the new life insurance framework. Following on from TAL's announcement that it would invest $150 million in adviser support services - including education programs ...