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Industry funds consider $22bn merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Super since March, but an agreement was not met and a potential merger was abandoned. Separately, as of July 1 the group insurance offered to Tasplan members is provided by MetLife. The insurer was awarded the mandate in October 2018 and has worked with ...

Group insured, advised clients better off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Accident cover saw individual non-advised register 82% admittance, with just 19% for advised clients. However, group insurance was the top performer, scoring 98% admittance for death claims, 88% for TPD and 96% for disability income insurance, topping ...

Industry funds up premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Members of two industry superannuation funds will be paying higher group insurance premiums from next week as the Protecting Your Super changes kick into gear. GuildSuper and Childcare Super, which are part of the $1.7 billion Guild Retirement Fund ...

Super fund overhauls group insurance cover

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
A $72 billion superannuation fund is introducing a number of changes to its group insurance policies, as well as its products and investment options in line with the Protecting Your Super reforms. QSuper is making changes to income protection waiting ...

Super fund increases premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... letter read. The super fund announced last year it was reducing select insurance premiums after renegotiating its group insurance mandate. It also slashed the administration fee on its pension account.

Government to revisit retirement incomes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... establishing a 'best in show' list of super funds; and for members under 25 years of age to be able to opt-in to group insurance. The Productivity Commission deliberated in the final report some of the potential advantages and issues of implementing ...

MLC Life wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
MLC Life Insurance has won a group insurance mandate from a $6 billion superannuation fund. It will replace AIA Australia. Maritime Super members will be covered for death, TPD and income protection insurance under a new agreement with MLC Life that's ...

Super fund names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... tailored, value for money insurance solutions and supporting their members when they need us most." TAL recently won a group insurance mandate from $51 billion superannuation fund Rest, replacing AIA Australia. The former Queensland local government ...

TAL restructures retail arm, announces job cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... usual, and there will be no change to the way they interact with us and we service them." In terms of Asteron's group insurance book, the company did not comment on its fate. The group's chief executive and managing director Brett Clark said ...

Industry fund awards group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
A $51 billion superannuation fund has awarded a group insurance mandate to TAL, ending a 15-year relationship with AIA Australia. Rest entered a Memorandum of Understanding with TAL to provide life insurance from 1 December 2019. TAL will replace AIA ...