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Online speed nurtures consumer trust

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... Another area that businesses should capitalise on is data harvesting, he said. "If you are in banking, if you are in insurance, then the single most important thing you have to deal with in the future is data." This data can be used to develop customer-specific ...

UK adviser offered 50% PI discounts

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
UK wealth intermediary group Tenet has introduced a 50% discount on the cost of professional indemnity (PI) insurance for advisers promoting risk-rated multi-asset funds. Tenet, a large fee for service intermediary support services group that works ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
A new initiative has been unveiled that will see financial advisers repay their entire commissions on life insurance if a policy lapses in the first year. The Financial Services Council (FSC) will spearhead the claw-back system, which could see advisers ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... the discount rate risk that exists across many asset classes. Another diversifier within alternatives used by QIC is insurance linked bonds, which are fundamentally unrelated to financial markets. "The earning streams are very short dated so you could ...

Super asset changes deliver positive return

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... and corporate funds), achieved median 12 month returns of +0.9% and corporate master trusts (funds run by banking and insurance groups) achieved -0.1%. The 1.0 percentage point gap was explained by master trusts having higher fees given consumers access ...

Value still key in insurance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... components of the Future of Financial Advice reforms may be distracting from the needs of consumers when it comes to insurance, said Brett Clarke, chief executive officer, retail life, TAL. "We talk a lot about FOFA and remuneration and conflicted remuneration ...

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... good." While Trio dominated the final quarter of the discussion, other members of the panel also talked about group life insurance and "overregulation".

UK consumers won't pay for advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... and advisers who will have to persuade consumers of the benefits of paying for financial advice." Seb Cohen, head of insurance research, at Deloitte, said, "Customers of banks and insurers are less likely to pay for advice than the customers of independent ...

GESB appoints new member director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... business. "I'd also like to thank Derek Spray for his nine years of service on the GESB Board. His expertise in IT, insurance and banking has been extremely valuable in helping us to continue serving the best interests of our members and we wish him ...

CUA launches low cost super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... put them into a head to head competitive race with best practice benchmarks for retail super funds, noted Rainmaker. Insurance is available through CUA Super but the premiums will incur a 10% handling charge. CUA Super and CUA Pension are 'no advice' ...