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Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... are either unable to work at all, or can no longer perform the roles they have been working in, due to physical or mental health-related concerns," ASFA chief executive Pauline Vamos said. Vamos added that an increase could also potentially push people ...

AIA tackles spike in mental illness-related claims

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... the life insurance industry. The paper was produced with SuperFriend, a not-for-profit foundation that promotes mental health in the industry superannuation sector. While the paper focuses on employee wellbeing, the timing of the launch tells a different ...

MediaSuper makes moves on mental health, joins SuperFriend

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
Industry super fund Media Super has become the 18th fund to join SuperFriend, the Industry Funds Forum Mental Health Foundation. SuperFriend is a national initiative aimed at improving the mental health and wellbeing of industry superannuation fund ...

Insurers and super funds tackle costs of mental illness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Insurers are forking out millions every year on mental health-related claims but it needn't be that way, according to Margo Lydon, chief executive of SuperFriend. SuperFriend, a mental health promotion foundation started by industry superannuation funds ...

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 ...