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Sunsuper ups TPD premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... been removed to make it easier for members to get insurance. Many members will also see premium reductions, especially for death cover and, in some cases, income protection cover, chief financial officer Jason Sommer said. "As a profit-for-members fund ...

The hits you don't see hurt the most: Aviva

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... course, far easier said than done. Conversations about the demise of the high street began to blur into discussions on the death of offices. "But as long-term investors, we must look through the upside-down world we are experiencing today to a more positive ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The US has reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
It may have gone up and down and round and round but the US equity market has trended higher and higher and is outperforming its peers. Despite topping the list of total cases of coronavirus infections (8.6 million), new cases (0.6 million) and deaths ...

APRA, ASIC release life insurance stats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... cancellation rates. Between advised and non-advised clients, there was only a small disparity in the amount of claims paid for death - 42% paid for advised cover and 40% for non-advised. However, when it came to total and permanent disability and trauma ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... paints a thousand words: The rate of increase in infections is such that the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that death rates could be four to five times more by January 2021 than they were in April this year. European governments have, so far ...

Industry fund hikes income protection premiums

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... next review of insurance arrangements - including the level of insured benefits, premiums, and terms and conditions - for death, TPD and income protection cover will be undertaken ahead of the new financial year and is expected to be effective from 1 ...

Level premiums to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... Advisers Conference, MLC chief of life insurance Sean McCormack said he doesn't believe APRA's changes will represent the "death knell" of level premiums as Australians still have insurance needs over the long term. "The whole basis of level premium ...

Hostplus freezes premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... freeze for members. The $48 billion super fund has secured a three-year freeze, which will maintain the current rate of death and total and permanent disability premiums with its group insurer MetLife. A spokesperson for Hostplus confirmed the premium ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The rise of a small handful of growth stocks is creating a distortion and obscuring the true performance of value investing in global markets, according to Realindex. In a research paper titled Value is dead, long live value, Realindex quantitative ...

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Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Retirement Trust has confirmed the departure of chief people officer Helen Jackson, who will leave at the end of the financial year.

SSGA loses $2.4bn in two months

KARREN VERGARA
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) suffered $2.4 billion in net outflows over the last two months of 2023, the majority of which hit its Australian and international equities products.

AFCA seeks industry feedback on approaches

ELIZA BAVIN
The financial complaints authority is asking the industry for feedback on how it approaches issues and reaches decisions.

Apex, ACA partner to broaden client services

ANDREW MCKEAN
Apex Group and ACA Group have formed a partnership to offer their clients a wider range of services.

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