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Statewide Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... events (marriage, having children, buying a house) to apply to increase their insurance cover. The changes will also separate death and total and permanent disablement coverage into two categories. And the age at which the amount of unitised death and ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... UK (22.2%), these economies suffered deeper and/or longer contractions than the land down under. But it's akin to a death row inmate being given a sumptuous meal before their execution. This is perhaps a bit extreme; Treasurer Josh Frydenberg stated ...

Zurich, OnePath cover vaccine side-effects

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... serious side effect from an approved COVID-19 vaccination they will be eligible for a payment of up to $50,000 on top of their death or total & permanent disability (TPD) benefit. Income protection policyholders may also be eligible for payment during ...

Cbus changes insurance premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
The industry superannuation fund has informed members the premiums they pay for death and total and permanent disablement cover is changing. Cbus has issued new premium prices across its manual, electech, non-manual and professional categories which ...

ASX 100 missing key reporting metric: ACCR

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
A new report from the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility has raised serious governance concerns with ASX 100 companies in relation to contractors. ACCR found that Australian listed companies remain opaque about their labour hire, contracting ...

ASIC spells out IDR reporting

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... handling became an obligation under the Corporations Act. ASIC will also consider complaints on social media, objections to death benefit recipients and insurance claims handling processes. All complaints must be responded to in 45 days.

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... for Life will increase the cost of its standard life insurance cover by 13.1% from August 1. The standard cover includes death and TPD. As an example, a 34-year-old male member of BT Super for Life previously paid $11.41 each month for one unit of cover ...

Superannuation complaints down 31%: AFCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) related to account administration, followed by group life insurance (30%) and super death benefit distribution (about 13%). The most complained-about super funds for FY20 were AustralianSuper (1123 complaints to ...

Inheritance not expected: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... Australia - someone who receives a bequest is not even liable for capital gains tax. "There's nothing more certain than death and taxes. But while people generally assume the combination is notoriously unpopular, our research suggests otherwise," Coram ...

Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... government fund for the emergency services based in Melbourne, informed members in its accumulation plan that the cost of death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover will increase. Death per unit cost increased from $0.525 to $0.5450 (up 4%). ...