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Cbus changes insurance premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... negotiate a decrease for others." The fund is also improving its income protection offering, including extending cover to blue collar workers in its manual and electech categories. It's also now offering cover to miners who don't work with explosives ...

Your Future, Your Super passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... tailored to their new job," Cbus chief executive Justin Arter said. "Despite paying insurance premiums, stapled members in heavy blue-collar occupations or people working at heights may not be covered. Members and their families will likely only discover ...

LGIAsuper overhauls insurance, closes product

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... financial year. LGIA is also changing the names of its occupational risk ratings. Standard risk rating will now be called 'blue collar', low risk will now be referred to as 'white collar' and professional will remain the same. Under the changes the cost ...

AustralianSuper introduces insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... $1.56 less per year. Work ratings and pricing will change also from May 29. The Standard work rating will be known as Blue Collar and Low Risk will become White Collar. The Professional work rating will not change. The prudential regulator is slamming ...

Retail fund ups premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... on a $2000 monthly benefit and 60-day waiting period will go up from $26.19 to $32.21 per month. Premiums for a male in a blue-collar profession on a $5000 monthly benefit and 90-day waiting period will go up from $47.78 to $58.80 per month. And premiums ...

LUCRF Super ups premiums for older members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... death and TPD insurance by default, members who have not selected their occupation category are assigned to the light blue collar rates. In light of this, a Rainmaker analysis shows actual default cost per week for default death and TPD has not increased ...

Lax regulation worsens lost super benefits: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... entitlement means these workers are going to end up worse off at retirement." Younger workers in part-time, casual work and blue-collar jobs are more likely to be exploited by rogue employers. One-in-two young adults earning under $30,000 per annum are ...

Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
A new study debunks the myth that blue-collar workers are the occupational group most likely not to receive their superannuation entitlements. Using ATO data from 2015/16, Mercer's Unsupered report reveals of the 397,900 salaried employees who are ...

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... make substantial changes to modernize trade rules in effect from 1994 to 2020, and it give some wins to U.S. farmers and blue-collar workers in the auto sector. Trump beat his doubters, and his team can now turn to the No. 1 trade target: China." Wall ...

Socio-economics dictate insurance needs of young Aussies: Insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... the need for life and disability insurance," TAL said. "For example, members of a superannuation fund that supports blue collar workers are more likely to have more comprehensive insurance needs at an earlier age than a fund which supports professional ...