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BT insurance available on Asgard

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
Individual life insurance policies are available now on the Asgard platforms for the first time with the launch of BT life insurance through its platform. BT Protection Plans can be accessed through super accounts on Asgard's platforms, BT Wrap as well ...

Adviser uses dead people to earn commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... permanently banned a Sydney financial adviser for using the names of dead and non-existent people to earn commissions on insurance applications. Pavan Vyas, an employee of Lionsgate Financial Group Pty Ltd and HNW Planning Pty Ltd, arranged insurance ...

Slow growth and regulatory burden top insurance industry fears

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... trends, a slow growth rate in an environment of lower asset returns and stricter regulation are the biggest risks to the insurance industry, according to a new report from Ernst & Young (EY). In Business Pulse: Exploring the dual perspectives of the ...

Corporate super advisers see revenue decline under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... the core of the business in New Zealand. "We calculate that 75% of our revenue will disappear because we can't provide insurance benefits for fund members," Rickerby told Financial Standard. Rickerby said that the business will still operate in Australia ...

FoFA still in need of changes: industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... to provide certainty around the provision and availability of scaled advice and refine the ban of commissions on risk insurance inside superannuation. "We will be asking the next government, whoever it is, to provide stability for the industry," De Gori ...

IPA issues FoFA aligned draft standard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... The IPA asks its members to adhere to its Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, to the Professional Indemnity insurance requirements, to the My Public Accountant Orientation program and to continuing professional education. IPA members will also ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... edition of Financial Standard, we look at best practice post-FOFA fee disclosure, SuperStream readiness, superannuation insurance and profile First Super's chief executive Bill Watson. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... not on more pink batts this time). We'll know that it's a vote shopping exercise but he could easily disguise it as insurance against China's slowdown. And who'll complain? Not moi nor Virginia...and I don't think the RBA will too.

AIA Priority Protection added to Asgard

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... advisers increasingly see them as a means to reduce their administrative and regulatory burden. General Manager of Life Insurance, Damien Mu, says that expanding the partnership with Asgard will make it easier for financial advisers to purchase risk ...

Platforms surpass pre-GFC levels

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... transition to a focus on compliance rather than advice. "Compliance obligations were taking me away from running a specialist insurance and estate planning practice," Edmondson said. In March 2013, the big four financial planning divisions and AMP controlled ...