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FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... members, underpinned by top tier results across all categories including investment performance, member engagement, insurance and innovation. The fund was also awarded Personal Select Choice Product of the Year for the AustralianSuper Personal Plan ...

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
Rollout of the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) on 1 January 2018 will be the strongest test of fee-for-service risk advice, a model seen as imperative to the financial advice industry's future. Industry experts say the critical component to make fee-for-service ...

ASIC widens conflicted adviser remuneration rules

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... remuneration in financial advice both in light of recent reforms and to address specific concerns. Issued ahead of the life insurance framework deadline on January 1, Regulatory Guide 246 (RG 246) takes into account the additional provisions introduced ...

Super changes increasing adviser workload: Financial Standard poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... Financial Standard weekly readership survey asks if the Banking and Executive Accountability Regime should extend to life insurance companies..

AFA keeps financial literacy front of mind

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... family home; more than 7.5 million Australians have a credit card; and 13.9 million working age Australians have life insurance, meaning the opportunities, both technology and adviser driven, can only increase. At the same, O'Dwyer knows the complexity ...

Fee models an art, not a science

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
Less than three months remain until the Life Insurance Framework becomes commonplace for advisers and experts say there's still time to review or reconsider advice pricing options. The AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference will hear from four industry ...

Advisers underrated at claim time

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... Co senior partner Tim Ross. Hill said managing a client's claim is a key competitive advantage to retail advised life insurance, and there is evidence to show that claimants can have a better experience when their adviser is involved. She said advisers ...

Advice improves lifestyle outcomes: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... Inwood said: "Good advice does of course make you wealthier at retirement, but it also adds value all the way through your life in the choices you can afford to make about schooling, insurance, holidays, housing and personal interests." "The important ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Last day of the conference. At 8.30am, insurance heavyweights participate in a panel session titled the "Future of Life Insurance". After morning tea, the Hon. Kelly O'Dwyer, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services will be onstage while later ...

AFA launches conference program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... executive Alexis George, AIA chief executive Damien Mu, MLC Life chief executive David Hackett, BT Life head of life insurance operations Scott Moffit and TAL chief operating officer Justin Delaney to discuss the future of life insurance. The AFA's suite ...