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Industry super fund adapts new life insurance model

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... claims, which is nearly 20 claims every working day. This gives us a deep insight into the experiences of our 1.4 million insured members enabling us to design an insurance offering based on their very particular needs," Howard said. "As a fund, we have ...

Vision Super names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... seamless online experience. Vision Super previously held a long-standing relationship with CommInsure for the fund's self-insured death and TPD insurances, as well as income protection. Vision Super chief executive Stephen Rowe said the super fund has ...

Life insurer definitions clashing: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... inconsistencies between insurers with their interpretation of the concepts of policy contracts, policy benefits and lives insured," the report said. Data clarity was also needed for income protection insurance or disability income insurance; reopened ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... bill of health from genetic tests to drop out of the life insurance pool. As such, insurers would be left with a pool of insured lives that are potentially deteriorating in health, forcing premiums higher again. The institute is calling on relevant parties ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... customer officer, retail advised insurance, Melissa Heyhoe said. Amendments to the criteria include lowering the minimum sum insured amounts under MLC Insurance (Super) when income protection insurance is bundled with life cover and TPD insurance; removing ...

New industry body to launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... members of the association include Cover Genius, Swarm, Flamingo, Audeamus Risk, Friendsurance, Evari, Inside Mind and Insured By Us. Lead & co-founder of Insurtech Australia, Brenton Charnley wants to see Australia become a world leader in insurtech. ...

Advisers underrated at claim time

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... claims process meets the insurance promise," Sayer said. "Making a claim often results in considerable anxiety for an insured in the event of disability and for their family in event of death. "Advisers can add a meaningful and significant dimension ...

CommInsure executive joins AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... business will be "much less volatile" following the implementation of the new reinsurance program as "we've effectively insured ourselves against a large portion of potential claims."

The rise and impact of insurtech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... to be more profound in emerging Asia, representing a very tech-savvy, mostly young growth region though heavily under-insured. "With insurance processes increasingly gravitating to mobile platforms, and insurers' ability to lower premiums thanks to improved ...

Group insurance premium arrangements unclear: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... members' interests." "Under this proposal any excess that arises can only be used by a trustee to offset future premiums for insured members," he said. The ISWG's discussion paper is the fifth in a series released by the group aiming to make improvements ...