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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 ...

NAB Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... diagnosed as suffering from a terminal illness. Bereavement and rehabilitation benefits have also been introduced. Where an insured member dies while receiving temporary disability benefits, the bereavement benefit will be paid equivalent to three times ...

Too much insurance erodes savings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... the premiums come straight out of your balance it's easy not to notice you're paying them. "Sometimes the amount you're insured for is quite small, and spreading it out over different policies just means you're getting less value for money, and paying ...

CommInsure restructures, appoints Browne as GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
... business services, has been appointed general manager - direct life and will continue the distribution of simple, low sum insured life and accident insurances to Commonwealth Bank customers. The general manager for wholesale life will be announced shortly. ...