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The risk of under-insurance is real: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... scandals and focus on the societal benefit of placing insurance in superannuation. Most death, disability and income protection insurance held by Australians is provided through superannuation. "Without it many people would have no insurance protection ...

ANZ revamps life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... to six months, the insurer will provide additional payments. Kerr said in an environment where premiums for income protection and trauma products will potentiality rise in the near-term, it is important for customers to have these types of insurance ...

Improved distribution strengthens ClearView result

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... recorded an underlying net profit after tax of $24.9 million, up 2%. This result was burdened with alterations to income protection claims reserves and higher short-term lapses. More than 340 financial planning groups can recommend the firm's LifeSolutions ...

Complex operations leaving life customers confused

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... paying numerous claims to those under 30 years of age, not just in total, permanent and disability claims and income protection, but fundamentally for costs to cover their care.

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
An industry super fund with $2.1 billion in assets under management is reducing its premiums on its income protection policy. Intrust Super's PayGuard policy premiums will reduce as much as 12% effective 1 October 2017. Intrust Super chief executive ...

Cbus slashes insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... this includes 40% reduction to TPD for manual members and 44% to TPD for non-manual and Professional members Income protection: premiums for income protection accident only cover for sole traders down by 44% TPD (aged 15-44): cover per unit of TPD increasing ...

Life consumers influenced by premium pricing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... to life insurer NobleOak. What's concerning is that more than half of consumers (52%) buy life insurance or income protection cover online due to convenience, but don't understand what they are trading off with some direct policies, NobleOak chief executive ...

AMP improves life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... a cover without the need to take out a new plan. One of the new features includes linking members' standard income protection plans in super to plans held outside superannuation. This enables having an agreed value income insurance while most of the ...

Kinetic Super improves insurance offering

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... feature comes in." Other benefits of the insurance upgrade include: Competitive premium rates 20% reduction in income protection premiums Ability to claim on terminal illness cover extended from 12 to 24 months Improved claims process for an improved ...

Zurich revamps life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... customers to select a combination of life insurances and ownership structures, which includes benefits such as income protection, TPD, death, business expenses and child cover. Together with Wealth Protection, Zurich's on-sale range includes its severity-based ...