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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. ...

Macq Life upgrades risk products

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... income insurance features of its FutureWise and Super Protector risk products. The firm has increased the TPD maximum sum insured to $5 million for white collar professions. In addition, some higher income earners can now get more flexible disability ...

AMP upgrades insurance

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... quickly. Assisting this process is AMP's electronic pre-assessment tool, which will arrange medicals and blood tests with the insured and the health provider. "AMP is also reducing the number of signatures required when lodging insurance applications ...

ING enhances OneCare

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... life insurance product, OneCare, that allows policy holders to increase their cover by up to 25 per cent on the amount insured on every third year policy anniversary without a medical check-up. The insurance firms 'future insurability three-year increase ...

Insurance rep banned from fin services

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... insurance payments had been forwarded to the broker's trust account. He also represented to his clients that they were insured, when this was not the case. Specifically, ASIC found that between 3 December 2008 and 4 June 2009 McDonald delayed deposit ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... cost. Asked how the industry could help plug the underinsurance gap, with a high 95 per cent of Australian families poorly insured, Brogden said that over the long term, group insurance could provide higher cover than today while financial advisers could ...

AIA expands product suite

AIA AUSTRALIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... policy holder is a company or business entity. For income protection, the severity benefit pays an extra one third of the insured monthly benefit per month if the policy holder is diagnosed as totally and permanently disabled to the extent that they ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... Moreover, the agencies have made clear that no bank is too-big-too-fail, so that bank management, shareholders, and un-insured debt holders understand that they will not escape the consequences of excessive risk-taking. In short, although vigilance is ...