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Zurich revamps life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... since acquiring Macquarie Life. The insurer announced it will reduce rates for term, and total and permanent disablement (TPD) products, make a SmartValue bundling discount available, and enhance its flagship Wealth Protection suite. For TPD, a new non-occupation ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... employer superannuation through its MySuper option which is a white label of LESF MySuper - meaning it offers group death, TPD and income protection insurance and can accept Super Guarantee contributions. Hannover is their insurance partner. Another ...

AIA launches flexible premium structure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... director Don Trapnell, to test and develop the new feature. The premium structure is available on life cover as well as linked TPD and/or crisis recovery benefits, including where benefits are taken out through AIA's Superannuation PLUS or Maximiser. ...

Asteron Life rewards healthy lifestyles

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... advisers protect their customers." How does it work? The new healthy life option will save new customers 10% on stepped life and TPD covers. The healthy plus option can save customers an additional 10% on stepped life cover. If bundled with income protection ...

Super insurance maintains active pricing: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... cover per dollar of weekly premiums for a 40-year-old white collar worker. On average across all insurance types - death, TPD and income protection - the average cover value increased for members. "A greater proportion of funds (38%) increased cover ...

BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... Award for its Income Protection Plus Plan and the Client Services Team award for its claims division. OnePath won the Term/TPD and Trauma awards; CommInsure won for Risk Product Innovation, Annuity and Income Stream Innovation, and Investment Bond Results ...

TAL and Qantas partner for life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... products. Members of Qantas' Frequent Flyer program can now access Qantas Assure Life Protect products, comprising life insurance, TPD, critical illness and income protection backed by TAL. TAL chief executive and managing director Brett Clark said he ...

AustralianSuper lends muscle to big employers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... was born. Under Business Solutions, businesses can select default salary based death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) and income protection insurance policies across multiple employee categories; and they now have the option to pay fees and ...

Rejected TPD claims deemed fair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
An independent review of 141 rejected TPD claims has cleared BT Financial Group of any wrongdoing. The review, conducted by an independent law firm with oversight from EY, confirmed that none of the 141 Total and Permanent Disability claims made over ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... Australian Ethical's head of ethics research, Stuart Palmer, says the answer likely lies in the fact that life and TPD insurance premiums are often affected by one's biological sex rather than the gender with which they may identify. "Super funds often ...