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Behaviour key to increased insurance sales

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... debate surrounding commissions on life insurance and what impact their absence would have on Australia's already under-insured population, Jordan advocates a more personable approach. "Part of the problem with the financial services industry is its gotten ...

Telstra Super cuts insurance premiums

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... insurance design, reducing the price of income protection, death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. The fund, insured by TOWER Australia, has cut income protection and death and TPD premiums by up to 40% and 25%, respectively, for eligible ...

Super fund leaps into life stage insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... apply for an increase through a member communication program. Increases for life events are 25 per cent on top of the insured amount. Other life event triggers include a child turning 12 or enrolling in private education. For a first home loan trigger ...

Super funds bidding to stem insurance shortfall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... necessarily a broad brush with which to paint everybody because in certain parts of the community people are very well insured." Another area where funds have been working to update their insurance offering is in the distribution area where competition ...

Advisers and super key to underinsurance: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... that some 91 per cent of adviser clients feel they have sufficient life insurance protection while only 72 per cent of insured non-adviser clients feel the same. The findings also show that consumers rate home and car insurance has higher priorities ...

Macquarie breathes new Life into insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... medical attendant reports (PMARs) no longer mandatory, although medical assessments are still required for higher sums insured. "We listen carefully to our advisers and respond to what they ask for. Through this latest series of updates, we have introduced ...

Tougher controls for SMSF collectibles

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... tactical mechansim the government will use to make sure the new law will be complied with is that the collectibles must be insured in the name of the fund. The government expectation is that insurance policy conditions will place much greater restrictions ...

TWUSUPER upgrades member insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... eligible members between 65 and 70 years of age and giving 5% extra cover if a death or TPD benefit is paid to fund members insured for 10 or more consecutive years.

Insurance advice needs to pick up the pace

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... environment. We encourage our members to seek specialised and expert advice in this area to ensure they are comprehensively insured, said ADPIA President Robert Olde. Paul Hines, CEO of GSA who provide an insurance policy program specifically designed ...

Funds to talk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... change its insurance coverage to reflect member needs and to raise awareness. The fund has raised the number of members insured by 50 per cent to 935,000 from 620,000 since starting its drive three years ago. The increase was no mean feat for a scheme ...

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NovaPort Capital team calls it a day

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |   12:46PM
The team at small caps manager NovaPort Capital have decided to hang up their boots.

Industry fund merger postponed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |   12:37PM
Mine Super and TWUSUPER have reported "significant progress" towards their merger, but it has been pushed back.

Fidelity shutters, delists funds

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:34PM
Fidelity International is terminating an international fixed interest strategy that failed to scale, as well as delisting a managed fund.

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |   12:45PM
Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Mary Delahunty said at the Australian Shareholders' Association Conference yesterday that addressing the supply side of the housing crisis requires an infusion of private capital.

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