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Group insurance premium arrangements unclear: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... transparency around premium adjustment mechanisms have emerged as major concerns in the latest Insurance in Superannuation Working Group discussion paper. Greater disclosure on premium adjustment mechanisms should be codified and addressed on a whole ...

Effective data management key to engagement: ISWG

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is seeking to enhance member insurance outcomes by improving access to timely and relevant information. In its latest discussion paper the group called on superannuation funds to develop an insurance data ...

Super insurance must be standardised: ISWG

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is pushing to standardise how super funds communicate life insurance information to members. In its third discussion paper released today, the working group highlights three in ten Australians have no clue ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is calling for the removal of complexity around claims handling. Releasing the second of its discussion papers around the development of the Life Insurance Code of Practice for superannuation trustees, the ...

AIST appoints new CEO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... to improve outcomes for Indigenous Australians, having been the inaugural chair of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group. Scheerlinck said she was excited to be taking on the role of leading AIST, working with the board and staff. "The year is ...

Proactive group releases life insurance guidance

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... which will benefit consumers," ISA chief executive David Whiteley added. Separately, the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group - which features these industry representative bodies - recently recognised the need to reduce the erosion of member account ...

Super industry accepts group insurance needs work

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... balances through group life insurance. This recognition comes from the newly-formed Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG), which has an overall aim to develop a Code of Practice/Conduct for life insurance in superannuation and develop new ...

Insurance in super must be maintained: AIA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... Australians," Mu added. In line with this perspective, a newly-established industry group - the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group - has formed to improve the standard of group insurance, arguing that it's vital in protecting Australians who are ...

Indigenous super on Canberra agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... priority when a working group meets with politicians in Canberra this week. Members of the Indigenous Superannuation Working Group will meet with both Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs Shayne Neumann to show ...

Super industry collectively engages indigenous Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... financial knowledge of, and improve, the services provided to indigenous Australians. The Indigenous Superannuation Working Group is made up of: Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees; Association of Superannuation Funds; Industry Super Australia ...