Articles by: Kristen Turnbull
The life insurance sector continues to be plagued by substantial losses on individual disability income insurance (DII), with APRA warning the scale of losses could increase further given the vulnerability […]
It started as a health crisis and quickly became an economic crisis. Now, six months on from the initial COVID-19 lockdown in Australia, we are arguably experiencing one of the […]
We’ve heard a lot during the global pandemic about our frontline health workers, and the essential role they’ve played in keeping us safe. Our health has been the primary focus […]
It’s hard to argue against the need to reform a sector that is losing hundreds of millions of dollars each year, when there is a real risk that without reform […]
The coronavirus crisis has added a new dimension to the buy now, pay later economy, with many Australians and business owners heading towards a financial cliff they can see but […]
Nearly half of consumers who currently have income protection insurance believe they would be covered in the event of job loss, new research from CoreData has found. The research, based […]
The latest life insurance claims and disputes data from APRA appears to throw weight behind the hefty intervention into the disability income insurance (DII) sector late last year. Statistics for […]
Life insurance has typically been considered a recession-proof industry. This is partly because the need for insurance doesn’t go away during an economic slowdown – in fact, the need to […]
As the impact of new regulations and education standards weigh on the minds of Australian financial advisers, a trend of short-term pessimism is sweeping through the industry. CoreData’s inaugural Adviser […]
The sustainability of risk advice is under threat, with nearly two in five advisers offering life insurance advice claiming they are not able to deliver this profitably under changes to […]
Why should advisers segment their client base? 
Ask the right questions the right way to get the best answers 
Why Australians think financial advice is becoming more useful 
Protecting true financial advisers a central part of the new regime 
Licensees fishing in a dwindling pond of advisers 
Every quarter for the past 18 years, CoreData has collected information on Australia’s high-net-worth investors and their intentions and mapped them against the investment intentions of our mass affluent. For […]
Speak to most licensees today and they’ll explain how their growth strategy for the coming 12 months includes (if it’s not entirely dependent on) recruiting new advisers and advice practices. […]
CoreData research has shown that only around one-third of financial advice firms conduct formal and regular surveys to keep in touch with clients and what they’re thinking. In other words, two-thirds of […]
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