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Advisers should engage clients on health

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... industry can engage clients and play a role in rewarding healthy behaviours in a bid to reduce the number of health insurance claims and improve the lives of Australians. "Good health is fundamental to Australia's future social and economic well-being," ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) deputy chairman Peter Kell has the retail insurance sectors in his sights, announcing that the regulator will conduct major surveillance of the sector. Kell said ASIC is in the process of gathering ...

COIN updated software focuses on scaled advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... retirement adequacy, super comparison, transition to retirement, contributions optimiser, investment choice within super and insurance. The updated software also focuses on Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) compliance. "COIN 4.2 will provide advisers ...

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Life insurer MetLife will launch a deferred lifetime annuity into the Australian market if the current legislative and other impediments are removed. Speaking in a panel discussion hosted by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Insurance-linked securities (ILS) offer investors returns completely uncorrelated to traditional assets, but so far, Australian investors have been slow to pick up on sector, which is tipped for strong growth in the coming years. Insurance-linked securities ...

Chifley Super to merge with Sunsuper

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... seemed the most interested in their members." Byrne confirmed that Chifley's other financial services arms; which include insurance, home loans and investment operations, would continue to function as normal and a meeting would be held in the new year ...

AMP reveals new leadership team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013

Government must lift annuities impediments: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... recommended that the SIS regulations be amended to "provide equivalent treatment of post-retirement products offered by life insurance companies and by superannuation funds, preferably through development of regulations which apply to both." He also ...

Chambers enters into administration, loses AFSL

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... credit licence of Chambers after it ceased to engage in credit activities and failed to obtain professional indemnity insurance. The regulator said it is also conducting enquiries into the conduct of the officers and representatives of Chambers but refused ...

Zurich adds income replacement product, increases platform presence

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... partnership that we've announced, there are other platform providers that we are working with to include Zurich as an insurance option," Kewin said. Zurich previously provided insurance products at a licensee and adviser level and its move into platforms ...