A specific injury cover option has been launched by AIA as an add-on to eligible products. Key benefits include additional financial support on top of ACC should a client experience a covered injury, and clients...

When 'Michael' turned 80-years-old his life insurance premiums rose from $49 to $190 a month, putting the cover out of his reach. Michael and his wife 'Lucy' complained to their insurer saying they had been...

AIA is running a survey to help it understand how advisers factor in the need for terminal illness cover during their advice conversations, and to gauge interest in a stand-alone terminal illness product. The firm...

Fidelity Life has updated its life insurance offerings with the launch of several new product enhancements developed in response to adviser feedback. The changes are among the 19 announcements revealed at the insurer's recent Engage...

The board of Fidelity Life has a new chair in Scott Pickering. A veteran of both governance and insurance, his appointment was announced at the firm's AGM on 20 November. He will take up...

Our latest poll asks you to consider an issue with which advisers across the Tasman are presently grappling. As we’ve reported this week, the Australian advice market is edging closer to the introduction of reforms...

Concern has been expressed across the Ditch this week over the delay in the implementation of reforms intended to deliver greater consumer access to financial advice. Australia's Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) says Australians...

The Adviser Platform (TAP) has added to its compliance and governance team with the addition of Lyka Burr (Compliance Specialist) and Vincent Zhang (Advisor Support). Burr has more than five years' experience in financial services,...