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Wealth manager appoints new head of advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... administered by ClearView. Earlier this month the firm overhauled the pricing of its LifeSolutions stepped and hybrid income protection products, in a move designed to help it battle what it dubbed "extremely difficult market conditions". Facing higher ...

Industry funds face reality of COVID-19 shutdown

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... whether members with income insurance could claim if their employer was forced to close due to the pandemic. "Income protection insurance is not business interruption insurance," Club Plus said. "Income protection insurance protects our members who are ...

Call for pause on default insurance changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... under 25 are studying or working in casual roles in hospitality, retail and tourism, and may need to access income protection or make a workers' compensation claim if they find themselves out of work for weeks at a time if they contract the virus." ...

ClearView rated stable

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... ClearView spokesperson said. Late last week the firm overhauled the pricing of its LifeSolutions stepped and hybrid income protection products, in a move designed to help it battle what it dubbed "extremely difficult market conditions".

ClearView restructures pricing as life sector struggles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... provider to overhaul its pricing. ClearView has revised its pricing across its Life Solutions stepped and hybrid income protection products, as the insurer battles to remain profitable in "extremely difficult market conditions". Facing higher expected ...

Group premiums rise 34%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... Defence Bank said. Both funds said for members with only death cover, or death and TPD cover, or those with income protection cover will see insurance premiums increase 34%. Crescent Wealth said the group insurance policies which cover the fund do not ...

TAL loses super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... premiums for the majority of members and improvement in a number of policy terms and definitions for death, TPD and income protection cover. "Whilst every effort has been made to reduce premiums for all members, a small number of members may experience ...

How to ensure clients will pay higher fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... challenges advisers will face during what he referred to as a transition phase. The banning of agreed value income protection from 1 April 2020, banning of grandfathered commissions from 31 December 2020, new annual renewal obligation starting this year ...

ASIC turns up the heat on enforcement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... against TAL, for allegedly breaching the ASIC Act, Corporations Act and Insurance Contracts Acts in avoiding an income protection claim in 2014. One case, ASIC said, is currently being considered by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... came together under a Joint Cooperation Agreement in November 2019. AIA's Priority Protection will now be the income protection offering for the joint insurers. Priority Protection will now have an involuntary unemployment benefit, which is a CommInsure ...