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Insurance taxes should be slashed: NIBA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... following estimates by insurers that as many as one-third of the houses destroyed in the Victorian bushfires were not insured. "Insurance must be affordable to be effective, yet state government taxes place a simple product like home and contents cover ...

Allianz pays $500,000 to bushfire sufferers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Allianz Australia has paid out more than $500,000 to Victoria's bushfire victims and expects the total industry insured damage to reach $1 billion. By noon on Thursday Allianz had received 533 claims valued at more than $55 million, more than double ...

Insurance still tops: super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... million Accountants Super is also ushering the New Year with a focus on upgrading the insurance cover of its members. Insured members for death and TPD purposes will be provided with increased covers, while members with income protection cover will also ...

Aviva covers risky jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... working spouses taking care of their children. Aviva will provide a benefit of up to $5,000 per month in the event of the insured not being able to perform two out of five 'activities of daily living' as well as six times the monthly benefit in the event ...

BT upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... client has accumulated enough wealth they may mistakenly believe there's no need for life insurance and that they are self insured. Advisers need to remain vigilant and make sure they encourage clients to insure themselves and their investments," he ...

IRESS risk research improves

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... personal circumstances and the premium they wish to pay. Traditionally, premium modeling has been based on 'tell me the sum insured and I will tell you the premium'. Cover Availability operates in reverse, allowing the adviser to specify the amount their ...

Sober and sombre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... after three years; insurance for all non-interest-bearing deposits, and; temporarily guarantee senior bank debt of all insured institutions and their holding companies. In addition to this, the Fed announced separately that it would begin funding purchases ...

MLC cuts medical requirements

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... cover and total & permanent disability, customers up to age 40 only need to provide a personal health statement for sums insured up to $2.5 million. Previously it was only $1 million. Furthermore, those between 41-45 years of age only need to provide ...

Qantas Super raises insurance cover

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... Division 3A members who currently have no insurance cover above their account balances. For the average 35 year old, the insured benefit sits at $50,000. Qantas Super has pegged the cost of the new benefits at 50 cents per week. This amount will be deducted ...

Funeral insurance goes online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... minutes without having to undergo an underwriting process. The product cover funds funeral and related expenses for sums insured of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000, and premiums are paid monthly. There are no health check prerequisites. Once the policy holder ...