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MBS Insurance partners with Orbital Life

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... make ourselves an attractive strategic partner to high quality businesses like Orbital Life." "The need for life insurance advice is increasing but the number of risk specialists is shrinking so we're exploring every opportunity to improve access ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... profession, Trowbridge founded consulting firm Trowbridge Consulting and spearheaded the review into retail life insurance advice released in 2015. He was an executive member of APRA and the Financial Reporting Council. Thorpe was AXA's chief information ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... structure, dedicated management team, and a range of specialist capabilities in aged care, estate planning and life insurance advice that are on offer will steer the business forward. "As a small business, Rob and I do a bit of everything. We run the ...

A third of Aussies want life insurance advice: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023
... commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) shows the number of people receiving professional life insurance advice remains low, despite a third showing interest. The survey polled over 1000 Australian workers aged between 18 and 65 ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... adviser, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) wants to see life insurers allowed to provide limited life insurance advice. "This should only happen with appropriate limitations and strong consumer protections to ensure better outcomes for Australian ...

Zurich, InterPrac, Sequoia back pro-bono advice

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... with the not-for-profit to assist individuals suffering from serious illness or disability. Zurich said its life insurance advice business will work with PFAN to help Australians access personal insurance advice and insurance claims assistance. This ...

Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... The final report also includes a recommendation to maintain the current commission and clawback rates on life insurance advice. Those providing this advice should obtain the client's informed consent before accepting a commission prior to the issue ...

What the QAR should focus on: MLC Life

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2022
... business, advice will not be profitable. In simple cases, it can take a risk adviser 10 hours to prepare life insurance advice for a client, while more complex cases can take up to 15. In terms of what it's hoping to see come out of the review, MLC Life ...

No more changes to risk commissions: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... current 60/20 setting is appropriate. Further, 70% of advisers don't plan to change the way they charge for life insurance advice; the vast majority (58%) charge upfront commissions, 26% a combination of fees and commissions and 10% charge level commissions. ...

Insurer names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... the full lifecycle and value chain of the life insurance market. He has a strong belief in the benefit of life insurance advice and the importance of partnerships," Integrity Life said. "He has a specific interest in enabling life insurance advice through ...
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