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OnePath upgrades OneCare

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... provide broader protection with no increases in premiums - clearly a beneficial outcome in a society that is grossly under insured," said Kerr.

Fund, Insurers unafraid of Japan quake cost

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... Actions Related To The Japanese Earthquake. An early estimate by catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide put Japan's insured losses at up to $35 billion which would make it the biggest insured earthquake loss in history. But because global reinsurers ...

Riots turn fund managers to risk review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... membership shares in the firm to the government of the host country they insure in. If that government causes loss to the insured ventures, ATI has the right to liquidate the shareholding. In addition, the host government has the obligation to repay ...

Proposed reforms could hurt insurance levels: AFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... seek life insurance advice. "Without advice, Australians are often significantly underinsured or more commonly... not insured at all," he said in a statement. Klipin cited a Zurich consumer survey from December that found a majority of consumers - 57 ...

Virgin Money launches direct life insurance product

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... average premium for standard default cover for not-for-profit super 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 ...

Trustees told to rethink ins cover strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... that part of the cover held by a super fund are fully tax deductible," said Shirlow, who said this approach enables the insured client to receive any benefits payable immediately. This is because super fund policy benefits are restricted to circumstances ...

CommInsure wins industry fund mandates

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... insurance services to industry funds Care Super and Vision Super. Vision Super has appointed CommInsure for the fund's self-insured death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) insurances. This deal extends CommInsure's existing partnership with Vision ...

Aussie equities get clean bill of health

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... good income growth, that is supportive of the housing sector," he said, adding that a lot of mortgages in Australia are insured so, "the banks actually don't take the first loss piece anyway." Herhsan conceded that despite its strong performance in recent ...

IBM Super offers more insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... (started July 1). Under the 'sale', active members can get additional cover by up to 50 per cent of their current sum insured. One condition being that the complete total of the insurance cover does not exceed the Automatic Acceptance Limit (AAL) of ...

OneCare upgrades benefit more workers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... improved the cover for blood borne diseases with a new needle stick benefit within trauma cover, where the maximum sum is insured up to $3 million. This applies to policy holders that contract HIV at work through accidental needle injection. This benefit ...