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Hostplus rejigs Maritime Super insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... individual is reasonably suited by education, training, or experience. Hostplus has also updated terms and conditions of its Death and TPD cover to allow the assessment of claims related to suicide and self-harm, offering greater "security and peace ...

MIESF adjusts insurance premiums

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... deducted from MIESF members' accounts will vary based on age. For instance, for a 25-year-old, the weekly cost for $200,000 in death cover and $150,000 in TPD cover, will increase from $4.13 to $4.85. For a 40-year-old, the weekly cost for $200,000 in ...

Platform reveals advice firms' top issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... (ATO) delay in acknowledging a downsizer contribution, the pros and cons of reversionary pension nominations versus binding death benefit nominations for retail account-based pensions, and the need for more innovation in retirement income strategies. ...

ClearView closes ClearChoice Super Rollover, launches trauma options

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... consumers to rollover money from another complying superannuation fund into it. This provides access to life, accidental death, TPD, accidental TPD, income protection, income protection flex, and accidental income protection cover inside the fund. ClearView's ...

Mercer rolls out new corporate super plan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... been designed to be simple and easy to implement, he said. It provides flexible insurance options, including five types of death and total and permanent disablement coverage, as well as salary continuance insurance. It also offers various investment ...

AustralianSuper announces insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... limited to, applications to: start basic (default) cover early (before their super account balance reaches $6000) transfer Death and/or Total & Permanent Disablement (TPD) cover from another super fund or insurer increase Death and/or TPD cover due to ...

Aussies underestimate life insurance's importance: Investment Trends

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... highlighted that life insurance claims processing takes an average of 7.3 days within super and 5.1 days outside of it, while death benefit claims average around 10 days. Guiamatsia emphasised the need for a more proactive approach saying that policyholders ...

UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... from an enhanced offering, the fund said. UniSuper said its default insurance offering has been improved to provide greater death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover at the life stages members most likely need it and less cover when they're ...

Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
A Vietnamese billionaire property developer has been sentenced to death for embezzling US$12.5 billion - the country's largest case of financial fraud, several reports show. The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday handed down the death ...

Super funds' IDR process weak, inadequate: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... complaints appropriately both at the IDR and external dispute resolution (EDR) level and consistently delayed processing death benefits and insurance claims. Once AFCA raised the issue with the fund, the trustee blamed its administrator for failing to ...