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Synchron debuts new risk advice solution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... life insurance product it has developed jointly with AIA Australia. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Synchron director Don Trapnell said the idea came about after researching how life insurance products were sold in the UK. He identified there ...

Synchron appoints state manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... following the passing of director Paul Reigelhuth; since then, Victoria has been managed in-house by directors John Prossor and Don Trapnell. "As we enter a growth phase for Victoria it is now time to pass the baton to a dedicated state manager," Trapnell ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... industry-led risk reforms package ignores the problem of vertical integration and client-driven policy churn. Synchron director Don Trapnell told Financial Standard that the reform improved on the initial Trowbridge report, but it failed to address the ...

Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... and Investments Commission (ASIC) report and the Trowbridge report on risk advice, company executives Michael Harrison and Don Trapnell recently took a trip to the UK to understand how that market works there. "We believe the Trowbridge objectives can ...

Separate risk advisers from other planners: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... investment portfolio and therefore risk advisers should be kept separate from other financial planners, Synchron director Don Trapnell argued. "For some reason, risk products continue to be linked together as financial planning products rather than insurance ...

Independent dealer groups eye Genesys practices

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... leave without suffering a significant financial penalty - a penalty too severe for most of them to survive," Synchron director Don Trapnell said. Trapnell told Financial Standard that the dealership will not be approaching Genesys practices directly ...

Synchron recruits admin staff to cope with adviser demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... have now acknowledged that the grandfathering issue was in fact an unintended consequence of the FoFA reforms," Synchron's Don Trapnell said. "ASIC's no-action stance on the issue has given us the confidence to again accept adviser applications." From ...

Synchron pushes for providers' direct payment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... for the work done by advisers, who then pass the payment on to advisers - often in their good own time," Synchron director Don Trapnell said. Trapnell explained that "at the moment, if a licensee is placed into liquidation their advisers have to compete ...

Synchron in recruitment mode after grandfathering changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

Funeral arrangements for Synchron's Paul Riegelhuth

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... have sent flowers and have passed on their condolences to our office and the family. This week, fellow Directors at Synchron, Don Trapnell and John Prossor, expressed their sorrow at the news. "We have lost not only our business partner but a dear mate ...