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AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
Australia's largest superannuation fund is reducing insurance premiums that will save members $100 million over the next financial year. From May 2018, AustralianSuper and life insurance partner TAL will decrease life insurance premiums by 14% for death ...

ASIC shines spotlight on insurance advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... insurance arrangements within a new superannuation platform meant the customer was paying significantly higher insurance premiums on a like-for-like basis. Finally, "the advice to move to a new superannuation platform resulted in a significant increase ...

MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... announced they renewed a long-standing partnership until June 2020. The pair struck a deal which saw default insurance premiums for 16 to 21-year-old members drop from $4.82 per week to $2.89 per week, effective 28 October 2017. The $11 billion industry ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... value via car dealerships under its MTA Consumer Credit Insurance. MTA Insurance will refund life and trauma insurance premiums to customers who were 25 years old or less when the policy was sold to them (unless they elect to keep the cover in place). ...

Industry fund cuts life premiums, renews insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
An $11 billion industry superannuation is reducing its life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums for younger members by as much as 50%. MTAA Super recently renewed its long-standing partnership with MetLife to June 2020. The pair ...

Zurich UK launches selfie app for underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... June last year, Financial Standard reported facial analytics may play a key role in calculating future life insurance premiums thanks to a US technology firm that generates lifespan estimates using selfies. Lapetus Life Event Solutions recently developed ...

AustralianSuper launches insurance-free product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
AustralianSuper has launched a new product that will combat superannuation account balances eroding from insurance premiums. Super Only protects short-term workers' accounts employed under the Supported Employment Services Award. Disability supported ...

Spring FG acquires $200m dealer group

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... established in 2008 and has about 40 authorised representatives with an additional $9.5 million in in-force insurance premiums. The dealer group operates in Western Australia (where its head office is located), South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales ...

Industry super fund adapts new life insurance model

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... increase in insurance claims and corresponding costs, the super fund's existing members will see no changes to insurance premiums, with any individual increases in cost met initially by the fund's insurance premium rebate. The super fund has also removed ...

Vision Super creates head technology role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... like uni students want a super fund that aligns with their values and won't eat up their balance in fees and insurance premiums - and that shows in our growth figures," Vision Super chief executive Stephen Rowe said. "Increasingly all of our members ...