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Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... and Furlan Consulting founder, Jocelyn Furlan, said the superannuation landscape has changed completely "and yet group insurance has remained remarkably pretty much the same." "I think now is a really good time for the industry to think about whether ...

AIA appoints group insurance chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
AIA Australia has appointed a new chief group insurance officer. Stephanie Phillips will be responsible for group insurance product distribution. This follows AIA boosting its distribution team in September ahead of the transition to the new Life Insurance ...

Group insurers struggling with premium sustainability

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... research by AIA Australia. AIA surveyed 105 respondents in the insurance and superannuation industries at its Group Insurance Summit in August and found that roughly 50% found potentially unsustainable premiums to be the sector's biggest concern; a further ...

Early insurance claimants return to work faster

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... to work in under a year than those who notify in the second six months. This finding is part of the Rice Warner Group Insurance 2010 to 2013 Industry Tables, which are based on member data from 16 Australian super funds. Rice Warner estimates this data ...

SuperFriend launches mental illness framework

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Insurer-funded not-for-profit SuperFriend has released a best practice framework for super funds and group insurance partners to manage mental illness insurance claims. The framework was developed in collaboration with, SuperFriend's statement said ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... Rainmaker managing director, said, "our data coverage depth now extends to 29,000 investment options, more than 15,000 group insurance policy risk selections, 2,500 fee options as well as the multitude of extra benefits available through super funds ...

Industry fund encourages members to claim insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... industry superannuation fund has started an online campaign to help explain to its members how to claim on their group insurance policies. Energy Super has posted a short YouTube video in which an eight year old named Pete talks about how his father ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... the breadth, depth and accuracy of the insurance data. "Our staff has a depth of knowledge of retail insurance, group insurance and superannuation that allow us to keep at the forefront of research."

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... only out-perform much larger peers over the medium and long term time frames, they offer some of the sharpest group insurance premium value deals in the market while also charging below market average fees. Intrust, AustSafe, Kinetic Super, AvSuper ...

Mercer appoints new sales leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... including roles as the head of business development at JANA Investment Advisers, Plum Financial Services and MLC Group Insurance. Walsh said recent product and platform developments for Mercer have resulted in enhanced and scalable super fund administration ...