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Cbus slashes insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
Industry super fund Cbus has signed a new insurance deal with TAL that will see premiums decrease substantially. Premiums per unit of death and TPD cover for most members will go down by 25%, while for 15 to 44-year-old manual labour members; cover ...

AAT upholds ex-AMP adviser ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... prioritised his own interests ahead his clients' with no reasonable basis in giving advice. About 49 clients with risk insurance available through their AMP superannuation fund were advised to cancel their existing policies and replace them with new ...

MLC Life partners to accelerate underwriting process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
The underwriting process is about to get easier for customers of MLC Life Insurance as the firm becomes the first in Australia to offer UK underwriting rules engine UnderwriteMe. Partnering with the engine's proprietary owner Pacific Life Re, MLC Life ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
An industry super fund will reduce its insurance premiums by 6% and has pledged to lock the reductions until 2020. From 1 July 2017, Hostplus members will receive at least a 6% reduction to Death and Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) premiums. Hostplus ...

Insurers held to account with new FSC code

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
The Financial Services Council rolled out its Life Insurance Code of Practice, along with a new set of standardised medical definitions, on July 1. The new definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in trauma and critical illness policies were ...

TAL intensifies mental health strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... reflect Greenberg's principles among its case managers, partners and medical professionals. General manager of group insurance Jenny Oliver said traumatic stress is often an unfortunate side effect of the working life for many Australians, especially ...

Disengaged members vulnerable in super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... of. Most notably, ASIC expressed concern that some trustees were failing to provide adequate disclosure where members' insurance coverage had ceased or changed "without adequate forewarning", or making changes to a member's insurance policy without consent ...

FoFA should also protect retail banking customers: FSU

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... according to the Finance Sector Union. Speaking at yesterday's Senate inquiry into consumer protection in the banking, insurance and financial sector, FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano called for consistency in regulating pay models that encourage ...

NAB Financial Planning appoints super fund executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... years as head of adviser services and strategic partnerships at IOOF. She has worked across funds management, platforms, insurance, SMSFs, advice and service delivery over a career spanning more than 20 years. Harrison will play an integral role in the ...

Former Fidelity CIO joins Yarra board

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... to 1999. In addition to Yarra, Gordon also sits on the boards and investment committees of Russell Investments, FWD Insurance, Altius Asset Management and Blue Sky Alternative Investments. Yarra chair Mark Burgess said: "Michael's appointment is a significant ...