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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 ...

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 ...