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UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... age - providing a level of basic protection for each phase of your life..." At the same time, UniSuper is adjusting its premiums based on the likelihood of claims at different ages and also introduced the rates based on members' sex at birth, explaining ...

Overhaul of TPD structure, pricing needed: MLC Life

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... thought they would recover. However, when told that all claimants returning to work ultimately increases the cost of TPD premiums for all customers, women were less likely to see the current structure as acceptable than men (49% versus 45%). "The current ...

New life insurance regulations rolled out

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... approvals for mergers and transfers. Additionally, the Regulations impose a cap on the interest rates applied to overdue premiums. The Regulations aim to remake and improve the Life Insurance Regulations 1995 before they sunset, removing redundant provisions ...

Rest faces class action over IP premiums

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
Shine Lawyers filed a class action on behalf of Rest members who may have had income protection premiums wrongfully deducted from their superannuation accounts. The class action alleges that from December 2008 to June 2019, Rest automatically enrolled ...

AIA adds to C-suite lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... Australia. It has a 29.5% market share, providing life insurance to 2.35 million policyholders and collecting annual premiums of $606.6 million. The total sum insured under AIA's policies amounts to $495 billion.

iExtend finds interim arrangement to operate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... found that the life insurance start-up was operating without a licence. iExtend partners with policyholders by paying the premiums of the co-owned cover. Policyholders are able to maintain their cover and receive benefits albeit at a lower level but ...

ASIC to tighten grip on super fund misdemeanours

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... AustralianSuper members were affected, costing members approximately $69 million in multiple sets of fees and insurance premiums and lost investment earnings on those amounts. "Unintended multiple accounts remain a significant issue for Australian consumers ...

Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
Qantas Super has again reduced its insurance premiums six months after it made a round of cuts. On January 1, Qantas Super premiums for income protection reduced by 13%, while rates for default and voluntary death and total and permanent disablement ...

AMP names new group insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... player in the group insurance sector in Australia. TAL has a 40.4% market share that insures 3.9 million lives with annual premiums totalling $830 million. The sum insured under TAL policies is $843 billion. It is followed by AIA with a 29.5% market ...

ASIC, APRA slam premium hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
Life insurers are underhandedly hiking premiums in a way that is misleading and fails to explain why they are rising, according to APRA and ASIC, warning that they will take regulatory action if practices do not improve. The regulators have reprimanded ...
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