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TAL and Qantas partner for life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... products. Members of Qantas' Frequent Flyer program can now access Qantas Assure Life Protect products, comprising life insurance, TPD, critical illness and income protection backed by TAL. TAL chief executive and managing director Brett Clark said he ...

AustralianSuper lends muscle to big employers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... was born. Under Business Solutions, businesses can select default salary based death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) and income protection insurance policies across multiple employee categories; and they now have the option to pay fees and ...

Rejected TPD claims deemed fair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
An independent review of 141 rejected TPD claims has cleared BT Financial Group of any wrongdoing. The review, conducted by an independent law firm with oversight from EY, confirmed that none of the 141 Total and Permanent Disability claims made over ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... place? Australian 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 ...

CommInsure sees adviser revamp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... extended indemnity income protection policy, updated trauma definitions and a continuation of total and permanent disability (TPD) cover inside super "when cover outside super ends under a split TPD arrangement." CommInsure has also lunched an income ...

NobleOak Life offerings recognised for excellence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... formerly known as Plan for Life. NobleOak Life took home the overall Direct Life Insurance Excellence Award, also receiving the TPD Award for its Premium Life Direct TPD Option Rider and the Trauma Rider Award for its Premium Life Protect - Trauma Option ...

Cooper defends BT life insurance figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper has defended BT's life insurance arm after it was revealed the 37% TPD denial rate highlighted in ASIC's industry review came from his company. Last week, ASIC came out with its review of life insurance ...

ASIC finds life claim rates wildly inconsistent

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
ASIC has found a "considerable variation" in denied claims across life insurers, with TPD denial rates as high as 37% in one instance. The regulator has issued its industry review of life insurance claims, and found that while the majority (90%) of ...

Industry bodies united on group insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... FSC's commitment to ensuring sustainable high quality group insurance cover, complementing ASFA's protocols for superannuation TPD claims and also the Best Practice for Group Insurance Data Collection guide which was developed by the FSC, AIST, IFF and ...

Energy Super selects group insurer

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... employees in the energy industry and their families. It is the current incumbent insurer for Energy Super's default group life and TPD plan, as well as its long term GSC offering. Suzanne Smith, general manager of MLC Group Insurance, said: "Since 2009 ...