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Adviser overwhelm explained

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... parliamentary joint committee proposal to lift professional standards. In 2015, there was the Trowbridge inquiry into life insurance, before the process that would lead to the Royal Commission began in 2017. Looking forward, Anderson warned that financial ...

AZ NGA takes stake in boutique

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... Group is a self-licensed advisory firm with $300 million in funds under management, $2 million in annual in-force life insurance premiums and six financial advisers. The stake includes a cash component and capital funding for growth and future acquisitions. ...

ClearView kicks off strategic review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... as its legal adviser for the review. The firm's three business units are financial advice, wealth management and life insurance. The review, which hints at asset sales, was announced just a week after CVW sold its financial advice unit to Centrepoint ...

Zurich, OnePath cover vaccine side-effects

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... Life & Investments and OnePath Life have added protection coverage from the COVID-19 vaccination into eligible life insurance policies to encourage more people to get vaccinated. The new protection ensures that if any Zurich or OnePath Life insured customer ...

NAB partners with life insurance, advice provider

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... with Avant Mutual and its lending subsidiary, Kooyong Group. Avant Mutual provides medical indemnity insurance, life insurance, financial advice and travel insurance. NAB plans to white label Medfin products provided by Kooyong Group to Avant's 78,000 ...

Occupational exclusions under scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... August, asking stakeholders if such exclusions should be removed. The FSC said if a MySuper product's default life insurance cover has occupations-based exclusions, a member working in one of those occupations may be unable to claim for the default ...

ClearView offloads advice unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... adviser practices with 106 financial advisers using its services. After the divestment, ClearView will have its life insurance and wealth management businesses left. "The deal with Centrepoint Alliance provides the combined entity with immediate scale ...

APRA expands life insurance data reporting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
APRA will publish more of life insurance data across its quarterly statistical reports. The prudential regulator said it will release more of the life insurance and general insurance data it collects in a bid to promote greater transparency and efficiency ...

Updated life code released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
The Financial Services Council (FSC) released the second draft of the Life Insurance Code of Practice 2.0 for public consultation. The latest draft of the code was released today, incorporating feedback from the first draft's consultation. The FSC has ...

Every super fund should cover every occupation: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... cover for members working in hazardous occupations after stapling. FSC said if a MySuper product's default life insurance cover has occupations-based exclusions, a member working in one of those occupations may be unable to claim for the default ...