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CommInsure launches underwriting platform

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
... Claire Roberts, general manager Wholesale Life, CommInsure. With the new platform, members will first use the insurance calculator to identify the right level of cover they need before accessing the quoting tool. An online application is then submitted ...

Super trustee guidelines for retirement estimates

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Super fund trustees are set to get a helping hand with predicting their members' retirement estimates. New ASIC guidelines aim to help super trustees enable their members to think about how much money they'll need when they retire so they can start ...

Age Pension must be factored into retirement income

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... to produce after taking into account their likely age pension amount as well. "Members could then go to an on-line calculator to adjust information their fund didn't have access to and determine what actions they can take to improve their retirement ...

Zurich launches Android app

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... of LifeXpress Mobile, Zurich's quoting and field underwriting app, and contains custom-built tools including the BMI calculator and a blood pressure guide, in order to understand what readings mean and their impact on underwriting. According to Zurich ...

Energy Super offers online "next generation" pensions calculator

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Industry fund Energy Super has launched an online superannuation and retirement calculator that it says offers better accuracy than fixed calculators. Developed by software firm Provisio, the new calculator incorporates Centrelink aged pension entitlements ...

Thirst for financial literacy on view

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... free. "The most popular parts of MoneySmart have been the budgeting tool, the retirement planner and superannuation calculator," he said in a release. Bradbury said consumers had spent a collective 28,000 hours accessing the website.

Online SMSF training centre opens for trustees, advisers

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
A new training centre for self-managed super fund trustees and financial advisers was launched yesterday, providing a much-needed resource for the burgeoning SMSF industry. The SMSF Academy is an online community and resource dedicated to helping those ...

Planners wrapped with super app

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... superannuation and retirement app available at itunes, with the promise of more features to come. The "working retirement calculator" app, developed by Rice Warner, is part of a suite of superannuation apps with the retirement program available for free ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a personal finance website, MoneySmart, offering free financial information and tools. The website is designed to help people when making financial decisions with 26 tools available ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... fund group insurance which buys up to $175,000 sum insured. However, according to Virgin Money's insurance website calculator, for a 45 year old non-smoker male, an insurance premium of $1 per week buys about $16,400 cover. Rainmaker noted that this ...