{"id":80057,"date":"2025-11-03T06:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T19:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=80057"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:42:12","slug":"bombora-launches-board-of-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2025\/11\/03\/bombora-launches-board-of-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombora Launches Board of Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bomboraadvice.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bombora Advice<\/a> has launched a new Board of Advice, intended to bring advisers more directly into the heart of the specialist life insurance AFSL\u2019s decision-making.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_77832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77832\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2025\/06\/Niall-McConville.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77832\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2025\/06\/Niall-McConville.png\" alt=\"Niall McConville\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-77832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bombora MD, Niall McConville &#8230;the new Board of Advice will change how we do business<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A release last week notes the Board comprises representatives from six of Bombora\u2019s 23 practices nationwide, \u201c\u2026creating a formal channel for collaboration, feedback and innovation on the future of risk advice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In what the firm describes as a timely move as the advice industry awaits legislative change in an increasingly complex insurance landscape, the dealer group\u2019s inaugural Board of Advice comprises the following advisers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adam Smith<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/successionmatters.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Succession Matters<\/a>, WA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Miguel Frances<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pno.com.au\/life-risk\/life-insurance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PNO Life<\/a>, VIC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Larissa Tapsall<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.futureassistp.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Assist Protection<\/a>, QLD<\/li>\n<li><strong>Luke Considine<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/wealtharchitects.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wealth Architects<\/a>, VIC<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Keavney<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmkgroup.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DMK Group<\/a>, NSW<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeff Lanyon<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regionalfp.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Financial Planning<\/a>, QLD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Board met for the first time last month, addressing key industry-level issues such as the unsustainable increases to TPD premiums and the growing problem of underinsurance. Following the meeting, Bombora confirmed plans to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sharpen its focus on group insurance<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with insurers on product design<\/li>\n<li>Consider a new referral system for general advice clients<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cEstablishing a Board of Advice underscores our continued commitment to enhancing operational efficiency, seizing strategic opportunities in life insurance and supporting advisers to deliver exceptional client outcomes,\u201d said new Bombora MD, <strong>Niall McConville<\/strong>: \u201cIt will change how we do business, and bring us closer to our network of advisers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombora Advice has launched a new Board of Advice, intended to bring advisers more directly into the heart of the specialist life insurance AFSL\u2019s decision-making. A release last week notes the Board comprises representatives from six of Bombora\u2019s 23 practices nationwide, \u201c\u2026creating a formal channel for collaboration, feedback and innovation on the future of risk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":80060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dealer-groups","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}