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Small licensees are PI insurance compliant: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
The majority of small Australian financial services licensees are meeting professional indemnity (PI) insurance obligations, according to an ASIC investigation. ASIC's review included 56 small AFS licensees with 20 or less authorised representatives ...

Spring FG to join dealer group ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2017
... service offering will include basic compliance and education services, approved product list management and professional indemnity insurance cover, as well as custom solutions for advisers and brokers with more specific needs. There will also be practice ...

Funds management not up to scratch: ASIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... in line with a model of 'what good looks like' for the funds management sector. These include: Ensuring professional indemnity coverage is adequate for the nature, size and complexity of the responsible entity's business; Reviewing and, where necessary ...

Industry model costing good advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... seems unfair, particularly when all advisers have already had to bear a raft of costs, including increased professional indemnity insurance premiums and costs associated with upgrading fee disclosure statements and incorporating opt-in arrangements." ...

Deadline looming for adviser tax registration

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... full-time experience to provide tax advice in the context of financial advice, as well as the ability to meet professional indemnity insurance requirements. If an applicant's registration is approved, they will be registered for at least three years ...

CommInsure sees adviser revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... advisers nationwide to improve its product offering. The enhancements include more generous expiry ages, an extended indemnity income protection policy, updated trauma definitions and a continuation of total and permanent disability (TPD) cover inside ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of global firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... dealing in financial products. Marigold Falconer had its AFSL suspended in May 2016 following the end of its professional indemnity insurance at the end of February 2016. ASIC also found Marigold Falconer had not lodged audited financial statements for ...

SMSF accountants seek investment product knowledge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... offering to support accountants by providing access to an AFSL, as well as practice management support, professional indemnity insurance and technical support, Choi said. According to the survey, 9000 accountants have made the decision to not become ...

Buffett brings adviser PI products to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has announced it is introducing professional indemnity products in Australia, including one for financial planners. The new policies are Executive First Directors & Officers Liability ...

ASIC spots PI insurance gaps

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
ASIC has completed its review of the professional indemnity insurance market for advisers in the eight months to June 2015. The report said the market is "stable and generally available," but there are gaps "between what ASIC expects and some of the ...