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Royal Commission case study: advice put retirement in ruins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... $166,000 in a HESTA superannuation account and $52,000 in a Cbus account. Between them they had about $300,000 in life and TPD insurance through super. Liabilities reported to the adviser included a $444,000 mortgage, a personal Westpac loan for $40,000 ...

Cardena Private Wealth adds life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... MBS-Cardena integrated insurance offering will include business continuity insurance, income protection insurance, trauma, life, TPD cover - for individuals as well as for group risk protection of companies' staff. MBS has secured the partnership at ...

Merged super funds save $30m for members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... week, Sunsuper announced it became a signatory of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice and will drop TPD insurance premiums for life product members by an average of 20%. From 1 July 2018, Sunsuper will adopt a tiered cover approach ...

Industry fund signs super code, slashes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... industry fund is the latest signatory to the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice, announcing it will drop TPD insurance premiums by an average of 20% at the same time. Signing up to the code from March 31, Sunsuper believes it will ...

TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... during the implementation stages of the Life Insurance Framework," he said. Other winners on the night included: Term Life/TPD Product of the Year - Zurich (Death Cover) Risk Production Innovation - AMP (LIF Resource Hub for advisers); and MLC Insurance ...

MetLife expands retail life business

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... members drop from $4.82 per week to $2.89 per week, effective 28 October 2017. All MTAA members meanwhile will see life and TPD premiums lower by 21% on average, while the level of default cover remains unchanged. The firms are also working together ...

Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... have dominated in-force annual premiums (42%) over the last decade, followed by income protection (27%), trauma (14%) and TPD (10%). TPD recorded the fastest-growing segment, 8.1% over the past 10 years and 13.8% year-on-year. Stepped premiums dominated ...

AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... insurance partner TAL will decrease life insurance premiums by 14% for death cover; 6% for total and permanent disability (TPD); and 20% for income protection. According to AustralianSuper group executive of membership Rose Kerlin, the fund provides ...

Advice firm enters insurance market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... launched its own personal risk insurance offering. New and existing clients of Hewison Private Wealth can now obtain life, TPD, income protection and trauma insurance, free from commissions. Clients that take out policies will pay an annual fee-for-service ...

MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... week, effective 28 October 2017. The $11 billion industry superannuation reduced its life and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance premiums for younger members by as much as 50%. Other members saw life and TPD premiums drop by 21% on average ...