InsuranceLine launches new income protection product

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InsuranceLine, Australia’s largest direct insurance provider has launched Income Protection Plus, a product which promises to bring simplicity, flexibility and affordability to the Australian income protection market.  The new product

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Insurance Schmexperts

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Just as it seemed the life of a financial adviser would return to mind-numbing dullness after the FoFA brouhaha, the Experts Schmexperts have re-appeared with more great ideas.  What a

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Equity market volatility drives more planners to risk advice

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Risk advice is increasingly important to planners’ businesses, with more now advising on it than ever recorded in the eight years of this study’s history, according to a new report

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AMP’s new wealth protection offer reflects a changing world

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AMP has announced the addition of a range of enhancements and new product features to its award-winning insurance offer, Flexible Lifetime Protection (FLP). AMP’s Head of Product On-sale for Retail

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Half Yearly Life Insurance Bulletin for December 2011

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The Half Yearly Life Insurance Bulletin provides an aggregated summary of the life insurance industry for the financial years ended in a 12-month reference period. It also contains a range

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MoneySmart says check your insurance cover

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ASIC’s consumer website, MoneySmart, is encouraging people to check they have appropriate insurance cover. The Bureau of Meteorology predicts a high risk of tropical cyclones this summer . The long-term

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Technology, education, analytics to drive growth in wholesale insurance market

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A new report from independent financial services consultancy Rice Warner predicts strong growth for the wholesale insurance market over the next 15 years. According to Richard Weatherhead, Director and Head

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Millions of workers to lose access to advice if commissions banned in group risk

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The Government’s re-think on a commissions ban on life insurance within superannuation must extend to group risk, or millions of Australian workers will lose the affordable access they currently have

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Insurance needs change on retirement

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Recent discussion about the so-called ‘de facto death duty’ levied on superannuation payouts to non-dependants, which includes payouts on life insurance held in super, highlights that pre-retirees should reassess how

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Institute of Actuaries calls for temporary national flood insurance pool

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The Institute of Actuaries of Australia (the Institute) today called for the creation of a temporary national insurance pool to subsidise premiums for high flood risk properties and to fund

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