Life insurance advisers plead for reform before election muddies the water
While the government takes its time drafting the second tranche of advice reforms, representatives for the life insurance agency fear the ongoing delays will...
Brand, advice or price? The factors that drive consumers to purchase life insurance
That consumers are influenced heavily by well known, trusted brands comes as no great surprise. What does, though, is that they rate life insurance as the...
Life insurance advice on life support... but can it be saved?
The life insurance advice sector has been battling a host of issues, including an ill-fitting education program, remuneration uncertainty and product design...
Life insurance advice levels sink as people turn to alternative sources
The problems afflicting Australia's life insurance advice industry run deep, with pundits estimating there are now less than 1,000 pure risk advisers left in...
Life insurance industry 'slowly losing relevance': Capgemini
A confluence of factors has seen the life insurance industry lose significant ground across the globe, according to the French multinational. The Australian...
Life insurance commissions consent concerns 'misinformed': AFA
Concern about Michelle Levy's insurance advice consent proposal is off the mark and shouldn't get in the way of reform, the association's chief executive says.
ASIC lifts hurdle for insurance advice
The reshaping of the Australian financial advisery industry continued on Friday, with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) releasing...
A crisis of underinsurance threatens to scar rural Australia permanently
Australia is in the midst of a bushfire crisis that will affect local communities for years, if not permanently, due to a national crisis of underinsurance.