ANZIIF adviser lessons now condensed, online
/ANZIIF is now offering 4-6 week intensive courses in real-world skills needed by financial advisers, instead of semester-based study.
Read MoreRisk People, Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 6 September 2016
/- Zurich finalising job cuts
- Asteron Life updates product definitions
- AMP set to launch ground-breaking definition-less TPD and IP product
- Sunsuper redesigns TPD
- Energy Super using MLC for group insurance
- IA Australia's adviser support site relaunched
- TAL Risk Academy updated
- AFA saga updates, EGM to be held
Hey, big spender! How retirees spend money reanalysed
/New analysis by ACFS of HILDA data shows us we've been wrong on a few occasions when making assumptions based on retiree data averages.
Read MoreAPRA's life insurance stress test results
/The results of APRA's life insurance industry stress testing has revealed that - at least in theory - we'll bounce back.
Read MoreHow can we encourage consumers to shop around for insurance?
/An Oxera study shows us how we can prompt people to shop around for insurance and other financial products like annuities, instead of sticking with their regular provider.
Read MoreAFA opposes change to constitution
/The AFA is defending itself after a member has called for an EGM to change the constitution.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 23 August 2016
/- New medical indemnity insurance for medical professionals
- AMP to launch definition-less cover
- ANZ Wealth releases OneCare product and service improvements
Risk People as at 22 August 2016
/- Zurich appoints new Asia-Pacific CEO, adds to risk specialist team, Marshall leaves
- QBE CEO steps down, new underwriting officer
- Female adviser scholarship launched for working students
- PlanPlus 2016 Global Financial Planning Award
- Kaplan adviser skills test launched
Data: disability and income protection gaps in Australia
/A quick snapshot of the financial disability support options and system in Australia.
Read MoreIP underinsurance and optimism bias
/We don't understand the risks because we have poor financial literacy, but we don't care either because we truly believe it won't happen to us. We discuss optimism bias and income protection insurance.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 9 August 2016
/- AZNGA buys another advisory firm
- Elders adds another practice
- AMP launches risk-only financial adviser support site, discounts
- ANZ in court for mis-selling
- Court ruling removes TPD distinction in one case
Risk People as at 9 August 2016
/- Zurich puts together specialist content-production team
- MetLife appoints three new senior staff
- YBR job cuts due to franchising
- SMSF Awards 2016
- FPA opens annual award nominations
- PPS Mutual accredits 80 advisers
The future of automated underwriting
/Underwriting is the next area to be dunked in automation, to improve efficiency, insurability, and risk analysis and prediction.
Read MoreAmerica's new marijuana-based risk insurance problems
/A chief executive of a medical cannabis company in California has been denied life insurance because he was 'associated' with cannabis, the latest example of a society deeply conflicted about cannabis legalisation.
Read MoreRisk Product, Company, and Regulatory Updates as at 26 July 2016
/- MLC updates retail risk PDS, no insurance changes
- ANZ offering wearable fitness devices with OneCare policies with Child Cover
- Asteron updates adviser guide, solidifies recent changes
- AIA's self-service portal launch
- AFA membership leap over past two years
- Edwards Benefits Advisors AFSL cancelled
Risk People as at 26 July 2016
/- FSC appoints new chair, deputy chair, board member
- TAL and AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award nominations close
Most US underwriters expect more pandemics
/A survey conducted at an underwriting conference shows underwriter sentiment when it comes to what we're expecting in terms of epidemics, pandemics, and the cost of life insurance in the future.
Read MoreAt risk of being lonely
/“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god”
- Francis Bacon
Loneliness, and how it is killing us softly.
Read MoreRisk People as at 12 July 2016
/- Zurich Australia welcomes new CEO, head of life and investments, and sales manager
What else can we insure? The improbable and unlikely
/We wander down improbability lane in search of insurance policies.
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