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Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... stating trustees should continue to debit account balances in the event members need some form of total permanent disability (TPD) protection. In releasing its voluntary code of conduct today, the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG) said ...

Industry super fund adapts new life insurance model

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... the value of insurance as part of superannuation." The industry fund added that death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover is now also reduced for new members aged 18 to 34 years, while long-term income protection cover remains unchanged for ...

Vision Super names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... will provide default life insurance cover to Vision Super's 10,000 member base for death, total and permanent disablement (TPD), and income protection. MLC Life was selected after an extensive tender process saw it provide the best value for members ...

Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Premiums Award for American Express Funeral Advantage; OnePath Life won the Accident Cover Award; NobleOak Life received the TPD Award, while the Income Protection Award went to Suncorp Life for its Mystyle product.

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... 2017-18. This will also cover the sale of direct, non-advised life insurance, claims handling for total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance, and the use of surveillance and investigation practices by insurers. Overall, ASIC banned 208 individual ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... the minimum sum insured amounts under MLC Insurance (Super) when income protection insurance is bundled with life cover and TPD insurance; removing the minimum account balance on MLC MasterKey funding arrangements; simplifying the discount bands and ...

TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... Premiums Award for American Express Funeral Advantage; OnePath Life won the Accident Cover Award; NobleOak Life received the TPD Award, while the Income Protection Award went to Suncorp Life for its Mystyle product.

Intrust offers more premium reductions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... premiums shortly after it dropped income protection premiums by as much as 12%. The discount will impact the fund's life and TPD premiums across three products: Core MySuper, Executive and Select, said Intrust chief executive Brendan O'Farrell. New rates ...

CommInsure strengthens income protection offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... commitment to regularly review its offering, the life insurer launched a new income protection product and enhanced its existing TPD and trauma products. The new Income Protection Platinum product comes with a broader set of definitions under which customers ...

The risk of under-insurance is real: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... the level of social security benefits payable due to a lack of coverage. Currently, under-insurance in relation to death, TPD and income protection costs the government more than $1 billion annually in additional social security payments." ASFA analysis ...