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Industry fund hikes income protection premiums

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... proposed merger with Cbus, Media Super has announced an increase in insurance premiums for default and non-default income protection. The premiums will increase from 1 December 2020 and will apply to members who receive automatic default income protection ...

Level premiums to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... that low interest rates puts pricing pressure on level premiums and how it works within a five-year piece with income protection needs to be worked through. "It's certainly not straightforward, it's more complicated. But it would be strange to ...

Hostplus freezes premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... recently increased premiums on various types of cover. In August, Hostplus increased the premiums on optional income protection insurance for a small pool of its members by 73.7%.

ClearView pushes ahead with SFT

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... LifeSolutions Super holds policies such as accidental death, total and permanent disability (TPD), accidental TPD, income protection and income protection plus, for ClearView Retirement Plan members. Super Rollover enables monies from another complying ...

Corporate fund overhauls admin fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... superannuation fund has reduced death, total and permanent disability (TPD) premiums and administration fees - but income protection premiums will rise. Mercy Super reduced admin fees for super accounts from $1.10 a week plus 0.30% of account balance ...

Tasplan raises IP premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
The cost of income protection cover via Tasplan will go up by 7.3% at the end of September. Tasplan attributed the increase to the trio of recent legislative reforms, current economic environment and increase in insurance benefits being paid to members. ...

Australian Ethical rejigs insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... changes to default death and total permanent disability (TPD) cover and fixed cover which includes death, TPD and income protection. The default death and TPD cover which was previously provided as three units under a unitised scale will move to an age-based ...

Industry fund hikes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... value for many years, and so, despite the increase, we expect our rates will remain competitive," Intrust said. Income protection premiums will not change, the fund said. Intrust's group insurance is provided by AIA Australia and has been for the last ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... said. Additionally, the fund said it has removed the pandemic exclusion that was included in death, TPD and income protection cover. "Our insurer previously had the right to invoke a clause to exclude the payment of death benefits in certain circumstances ...

Hostplus ups income protection premiums by 73%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... insurance premiums for Hostplus members will increase from 1 October 2020. Salary continuance will also be renamed income protection at the start of October. The biggest increase will hit those with non-default salary continuance policies with a 'to ...