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Confusion reigns in super and life insurance: CHOICE

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... notified by their fund that they had a low balance. Upon inquiring about the cause, Deborah discovered life insurance premiums had eroded almost the entire balance. "Seriously when we buy a car we do not expect to automatically buy a trailer and not ...

TAL and Qantas partner for life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... take out policies on the new products to be rewarded with Frequent Flyer points and a 10% discount on life insurance premiums if they are considered healthy within the Heart Foundation's BMI range. "There is a clear rationale for life insurance to become ...

AustralianSuper lends muscle to big employers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... protection insurance policies across multiple employee categories; and they now have the option to pay fees and insurance premiums. "This is a big focus of our future growth...Business Solutions has a far more flexible competitive insurance for large ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... Ethical's head of ethics research, Stuart Palmer, says the answer likely lies in the fact that life and TPD insurance premiums are often affected by one's biological sex rather than the gender with which they may identify. "Super funds often ask for ...

Future of advice is bionic, not robo

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... "If you're able to have a world where the financial planner is focused of aged care, health care, the health insurance premiums, if your clients are mentally much more confident their health will be much more positive. "Financial advice has traditionally ...

Insurers to battle big data privacy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... provide closely tailored, and more accurately priced products." The paper said this accurate pricing would reduce insurance premiums for many, even if "for a minority, premiums will rise significantly." The kinds of data insurers could source to make ...

Super funds lagging on group insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... this part of the industry works, especially among younger people who find their balance has been eroded by insurance premiums "they didn't realise they were paying." "Trustees have an obligation to balance the offering of insurance inside superannuation ...

Super execs: Size is not scale

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... servicing niche membership group enables them to deliver highly tailored services. "legalsuper has had no rise in insurance premiums in six years, and 80% of our investment choices have top quartile performance," Proebstl said. Reinforcing the powerful ...

Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... make is to make sure they've only got one fund - that way they're only paying one lot of fees and one lot of insurance premiums. "For young mothers, if they're taking a career break then they're already going to be facing lower super contributions over ...

ClearView adds annuities to wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... wealth management and financial planning solutions. As at 31 December 2015, the company had $203 million of life insurance premiums under advice, advises on $8.1 billion of client assets and has 221 financial planners across Australia.