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Superannuation a mystery to students: survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... casual or part-time jobs while they're studying, and that it will charge zero fees for balances under $1,000. It skips TPD (disability cover) or life cover, which the fund says helps to keep the fees low and removes the possibility of a student's ...

Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... EISS said it was able to negotiate with its insurer TAL a 10% reduction in insurance premiums for members who have death, and TPD or death only cover. In terms of fees, super and pension members will no longer be charged exit fees ($35). For retirement ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... insurance and additional tax revenue on insurance payouts. Rice Warner's analysis on the other hand is focused on TPD insurance, the Commission said. Both analyses are "partial" as neither considered the effects of super balance erosion on Age Pension ...

NobleOak wins best direct life insurer award

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... In addition to scoring the Overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, NobleOak took home three other gongs. It won the TPD Award for its Premium Life Direct - TPD Option Rider product; the Income Protection Award for its My Protection Plan - IP ...

Royal Commission hears industry fund admitted wrongdoing to ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... staff member whose claim was the subject of litigation after the fund's administrator - upon realising an error - returned TPD benefits to Rest without informing the member.

Insurance in super code weak: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... superannuation trustees, which included 11 life insurance providers. From the outset, there was "a very high level of variation" in TPD definitions used in the insurance products offered through the super funds. These variations make it difficult for ...

BT overhauls life cover limits and definitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... farmers will now be able to access up to $5 million in total permanent disability cover. Meanwhile, the amount of Term Life and TPD cover made available to homemakers has increased to $2.5 million and the limit on living insurance has been raised to ...

Foreign owners take over life insurance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... insurance in superannuation announced in the 2018/19 budget are implemented, KPMG warned. The profitability of products such as TPD, trauma and disability income, continue to be an issue. Claims management initiatives alone are unlikely to be sufficient ...

Same insurance cover, different price: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... contracted a major illness would only have to prove that they can no longer perform their regular job. But in most current TPD policies, to successfully claim against these policies they will now have to prove they can no longer perform any job aligned ...

ASIC takes civil action against AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... The practice allowed planners to receive higher commissions than normal by advising clients to cancel their existing life, TPD, trauma and income protection insurance policies. By advising clients to take out new replacement policies instead, planners ...