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Industry super fund adapts new life insurance model

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... new members will pay up to 25% less for default life insurance and will be able to maintain valuable long-term income protection cover. From 1 December 2017, new REST members under 18-years-old will also see default life insurance cover removed but it ...

Vision Super names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... 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 and a seamless online ...

HESTA announces life insurance facelift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... shift to age-based pricing that will be effective 1 March 2018. Among the changes, HESTA has also bolstered its income protection cover to include a lump sum provision that provides $10,200 to eligible members. This is specifically to help in either ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... education programs in the workplace and hands-on practice and counselling can play a significant role in closing the income protection gap. That is a key finding from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School of Enterprise and the ...

Life insurer definitions clashing: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... concepts of policy contracts, policy benefits and lives insured," the report said. Data clarity was also needed for income protection insurance or disability income insurance; reopened claims; voluntary discontinuances; and multi-benefit policies that ...

Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... insurance to clients via TAL's Lifebroker comparator service. Types of policies available through Lifeborker include income protection, total and permanent disability, trauma, business expense insurance and group insurance through superannuation. "I'm ...

VicSuper names new insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... continuous relationship," VicSuper said. VicSuper has default cover for death, total and permanent disability, and income protection available for the majority of its 238,000 members. VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said the new relationship ...

ANZ Wealth partners for mental health support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... Wealth is piloting a mental health coaching service in partnership with Remedy Healthcare. Customers lodging income protection claims relating to depression or anxiety will have the option to undertake a complimentary, phone-based Remedy Healthcare MindStep ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... Amendments to the criteria include lowering 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 ...

TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... 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.