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	<title>Financial Standard Comments - AustralianSuper to pay $4.2m for delayed claims handling</title>
	<description>The super fund said it would soon start a program to compensate beneficiaries whose death benefit claims took longer than the fund's internal target handling time.</description>
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		<title>Comment by Ross Smith (Shenton Pty Ltd)</title>
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<p><p>In commercial reality, an insurance Death benefit should be paid in 30 days after the receipt of the Certified Copy of the Death Certificate and Certified Copy of the Nominated Beneficiaries ID. But administration with their corporate lawyers ask for other documents like certified copy of the WILL, which legally is not relevant but delays and confuses the process unnecessarily causing more grief. Therefore, compensation should be paid, instead of TV adds criticising financial advisers. If a financial adviser was involved, their advice would provide $42 million in appropriate insurable needs, not $4.2 million - tick a box bureaucracy.</p></p><p><a href="">Reply to article</a></p><p>For original story, <a href="">Click Here.</a></p>
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		<dc:creator>Ross Smith (Shenton Pty Ltd)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:41:07 +1100</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment by Deb Kuch (First Samuel)</title>
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<p><p>Assuming that $4.2 million is the total cost to Aus Super that is an average of only $600 per claim which is paltry considering the impact on the claimant at what is arguably the most life changing and stressful times in their life.<p>This cannot be right?!</p></p><p><a href="">Reply to article</a></p><p>For original story, <a href="">Click Here.</a></p>
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		<dc:creator>Deb Kuch (First Samuel)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:36:55 +1100</pubDate>
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