Risk & Insurance
Almost half of risk clients don’t trust their insurer
Large swathes of consumers don’t believe that their insurer will pay up in the event of a life insurance claim, a new study from Metlife has found.
Tahn SharpeJanuary 21, 2020
Risk & Insurance
Risk & Insurance
Riskies and planners ‘two different animals’: Trapnell
Jamming insurance and financial planning together under FASEA’s education bracket will just water down the specialist area, the head of Synchron’s 500-strong network believes.
Tahn SharpeDecember 16, 2019
Risk & Insurance
APRA takes IP insurance into its own hands
The prudential regulator has moved to save income protection insurance providers from their own predilection for aggressive competition with a host of changes that will affect product pricing and design.
Tahn SharpeDecember 12, 2019
Risk & Insurance
Advisers flee risk advice in droves
The number of risk specialists in advice has dropped from 34% to 15% in five years with the LIF laws, overbearing compliance, FASEA and looming threats to upfront commissions to blame.
Tahn SharpeNovember 21, 2019
Risk & Insurance
AIA and CommInsure join forces
AIA has partnered with Commonwealth Bank’s life insurance business to operate as one entity as it waits for its purchase of CommInsure Life to be completed.
Elizabeth FryNovember 7, 2019
Risk & Insurance
Inside the Risk Advice Summit movement
There's never been a more important time for industry to articulate its value and open conversations with stakeholders including policy makers and regulators, AIA Australia CEO Damien Mu says on the sidelines of the Risk Advice Summit.
Professional PlannerOctober 3, 2019
Risk & Insurance
Associations weigh in on risk advice review
The importance of documenting advice and explaining what risk advisers do has never been as important, according to Financial Planning Association CEO Dante De Gori and Association of Financial Advisers CEO, Phil Kewin.
Professional PlannerOctober 2, 2019
Risk & Insurance
Insurance models marred by rocky glide paths
Current insurance products don’t allow consumers to change gears between group systems and more tailored policies smoothly enough, according to NMG Consulting partner Ashwin Field.
Tahn SharpeSeptember 30, 2019