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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 ...

MLC slashes premiums

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... discounted its critical illness policies by up to 10 per cent for amounts greater than $500,000, and by up to 15 per cent for insured amounts more than $1 million. Existing policyholders automatically receive the savings when renewing their policy. David ...

Aviva cuts accountants from insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
... underwriting services by removing the need for financial advisers to include an accountant's signature, regardless of the sum insured. According to the firm, if the sum insured is less than $3 million, the cover can be awarded using only a financial ...

Have DNA, will buy insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... stems from the fact they attend to the experience of the group, not the individual. And as more and more people become insured, the experience of the community as a whole can continue regardless of DNA testing. "If an insurer were to give the member ...

Vision Super teams up with CommInsure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... insurance products to allow members to increase and customise their cover. The income protection policy allows members to be insured for up to three quarters of their salary and 10 per cent of their super contributions. Peter Rowe, Vision Super general ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... under threat because of their exposure to risky mortgage bonds. That has forced banks to write down the value of holdings insured by the two companies. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 96.72 points, or 0.79 per cent, to end at 12,381.02. The Standard ...

AIG's insurance web revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... direct under writing and monitoring. According to SelectingSuper, AIG leads the group insurance market for number of lives insured.

IOOF improves insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... taken the bold step of automatically arranging up to $200,000 of death, total and permanent disablement cover for non-insured members and increasing the insurance cover of existing members by up to 30 per cent. Starting next year, members are guaranteed ...

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Praemium's new leadership toughens earnings yardstick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Praemium's new leadership will be keeping a close eye on costs, with new chief executive Denis Orrock noting he will make sure the technology upgrade underway translates into stronger earnings and better returns for shareholders.

Australian Ethical FUM drops by $70m

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Australian Ethical saw a net outflow of $100 million in its investment business in the first quarter of the financial year.

Perennial expands wholesale offer for pre-IPOs

MATTHEW WAI
Perennial Partners is launching a new strategy for wholesale investors to capitalise on global pre-IPO opportunities, requiring a minimum investment of $100,000.

Macquarie wealth investment chief to depart

MATTHEW WAI
Macquarie chief investment officer for wealth will take on a new role at a New Zealand-based investment management firm after serving in the position for close to three years.

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