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Rice Warner highlights $1.8trn insurance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
There is a $1.8 trillion underinsurance gap in Australia, according to Rice Warner's Underinsurance in Australia report. The report is based on levels of life insurance, total and permanent disability (TPD) and income protection as at June 30, 2014. ...

Why SMSFs are attractive to Gen X and Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... product with a lot of features. It is a simple product that just makes the journey so much easier for the consumer." Rice Warner chief executive, Michael Rice, said banks have never targeted their own customers for superannuation and have always sold ...

Rice Warner debunks super myths

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
The chief executive of superannuation research and advice firm Rice Warner believes Australians will be set up for poor retirement unless the industry kills off its many myths. In his latest column for Rice Warner, Michael Rice said many proposed solutions ...

Super rules for women still unclear

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... exemption from sex discrimination laws on a case by case basis. Fairfax Media reported that financial consultancy firm Rice Warner is believed to be the only company in Australia that pays its female staff more super - an extra 2% - than it pays its ...

Super lump sum myth debunked

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... Only 16.7% of superannuation assets are withdrawn as a lump sum when members hit retirement, recent analysis from Rice Warner shows. The actuarial firm analysed information from more than 10 million member records representing over $55 billion in assets ...

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Rice Warner consultant, market insights Nathan Bonarius has criticised standardised fee disclosure for MySuper products, arguing it allows funds to distort their fee structures. Although Bonarius applauded the intent behind the standardisation of fee ...

Rice Warner chief supports commissions cap

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said the commission structure proposed in the Trowbridge Report is a "necessary improvement". In an article written for Rice Warner's INSIGHTS section, he noted the difficulty of changing established remuneration ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... insurers (TAL, AIA Australia, CommInsure and Metlife) is offset by declining profits in the long-term, according to Rice Warner's Wholesale Risk Insurance Report. The "big four" group risk insurers grew their collective market share from 67% as at June ...

Allow couples to hold joint super accounts: Rice Warner

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Married couples should be allowed to have a joint account for their superannuation, Rice Warner proposed in its pre-budget submission to Treasury. "We set out the logic of this arrangement in a newsletter last year and had positive feedback from the ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... spending on income payments to families who have lost a breadwinner, or individuals who have become disabled. The Rice Warner report also found that insurance through super delivers a number of additional benefits to the community. In particular, it ...