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ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
... relatively high admission rate on claims, has a high average payout ratio and is a tax-effective method to access insurance for death and total permanent disability. However, even with insurance in super, Australia has lower levels of insurance than ...

Calls for Indigenous super beneficiary changes renewed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... can nominate to receive their super after they die, or to whom a trustee can distribute a member's super to after their death. Scheerlinck said: "In 2019 Treasury held a consultation on this issue, which was also identified by Commissioner Hayne during ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Tesla has been booted from the S&P 500 ESG index due to its low S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) ESG score. In an S&P DJI ideology blog, North American head of ESG indices Margaret Dorn said that Tesla had fallen into the bottom 25% of its industry group ...

Cbus announces changes to admin fees, premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
... Super, Cbus will shave its administration fees by 25%. However, at the same time, some members will begin paying more for death and TPD. The reduction in the dollar-based administration fee will apply to all Cbus members and all members in the Media ...

AustralianSuper drops premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... decreasing some of its insurance premiums from May end, with members to see an average drop of 11%. From May 28, the cost of death, TPD and income protection will change depending on their cover type and work rating, the fund said. AustralianSuper said ...

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... difficult or seminal moments in their life, like navigating a relationship breakdown, dealing with the tax implications of a death in the family, winding up a business or planning a retirement," senior tax advocate for CA ANZ Susan Franks said. "In the ...

Hostplus, Statewide provide merger details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... provided, a 40-year-old member with four units of default cover in the Active occupation category will now pay $12.70 a week for death, TPD and income protection. Previously they paid $12.52. In integrating the insurance arrangements, Hostplus will reduce ...

AvSuper names insurer, premiums rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... including that of AMG Super. Under the new arrangement, which is effective April 1, AvSuper members will pay more for their death and TPD cover; the first increase in six years. A 'light blue collar' member with default cover of two units of death and ...

Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... members will see a 2% decrease in insurance premiums. Where a 40-year-old member may have paid $1 a week for $85,294 in death and TPD cover under Media Super's existing arrangements, they will receive $87,000 in cover with Cbus, underwritten by TAL. ...

Sequoia Financial Group acquires legal practice

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
... launch additional services to assist financial advisers, including in the areas of account-based pensions, child pensions, death benefit pensions, pension reversion amendments and pension commutation as ever-changing laws and legislation is implemented. ...