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Mental health an insurance issue

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
... Michael Paff, director of wealth protection products for AMP, said there had been increased community awareness of mental health issues, with 71 per cent of planners polled stating they had seen a rise in client disclosure of mental health history. "With ...

SuperFriend code improves insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
The Industry Funds Forum Mental Health Foundation, SuperFriend, has developed a set of Code of Practice guidelines aimed at improving the management of insurance claims where mental illness is a contributing factor. Launched yesterday at the AIST Superannuation ...

Health Super supports nursing awards

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... benefited the public by improving health service delivery, capacity and/or policy. Tricia Bulic, director of Nursing of Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Program, Southern Health, won last year's major award. According to the statement, the 2009 ...

MTAA campaign halves death claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
MTAA Super's suicide death claims fell by 53 per cent since the fund launched its mental health awareness campaign, readthesigns, in 2004. The readthesigns initiative between MTAA Super and Lifeline Australia was launched in 2004 as a result the trustee's ...

FPA joins IFSA in mental health initiative

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) joined life insurance industry players in signing this year's MOU with the mental health sector. The Memorandum of Understanding has been developed back in 2001 to ensure that people with mental illness or had a history ...

Have DNA, will buy insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... disclosing or sharing vital patient-identifiable data in the US carries significant risk for the patient. In the case of mental health conditions and substance use disorders, people may face an imposition of health, disability or life insurance coverage ...

Mico receives Industry Excellence Award

... month. "During David's stewardship at IFSA, the world first Memorandum of Understanding between life insurers and the mental health stakeholder community was signed and then signed again, and has resulted in tangibly better results for Australians who ...

Top insurers join with IFF to help with mental health

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... one way to do this is do help members live long enough to spend it, which is why the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) mental health campaign is so important. If it helps the bottom-line of super funds through better insurance deals then all the better. Mental ...

Not-for-profits need to engage with industry: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
... organisations to build brand by sponsoring worthy causes, citing IFSA's sponsorship of the Inspire Foundation on mental health and its recognition in life insurance cover. "But that is just soft advocacy." "It is critical for branding for people see ...