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Cooper defends BT life insurance figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... their injury or illness, and some claims by customers who were paid under other parts of their policy such as income protection. "If we took these things into consideration the number would be much lower. The facts are that BTFG declined 58 TPD claims ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... will likely be able to avoid the time limits in most cases. "People making total and permanent disability and income protection claims are very unlikely to be working and many of them will have no income. Delaying their claims can lead to severe financial ...

ClearView updates LifeSolutions suite, increases premiums

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
ClearView has made a number of changes to its LifeSolutions product suite and increased income protection premiums, effective as of 21 October 2016. The changes include product upgrades, simplification of overall premium rating structure and increases ...

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... reflect the values of our people or our business. In 2015, CommInsure paid more than $850 million of life and income protection payments to more than 22,000 customers. We are continuing to identify improvements that we can and will make to ensure our ...

Advisers can seek AMP for insurance support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... can be combined with a 5% multi-plan discount on Life, TPD and Trauma policies when bundled with an eligible Income Protection policy. Financial advisers can access the support site here.

Australians overconfident when it comes to income risk

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... happening to them in their lifetime. Chief executive life and investment at Zurich Australia, Tim Bailey, said the income protection gap between Australia and other countries was most likely the result of a mix of overconfidence and poor financial literacy. ...

Super gets reality check on engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... to a budget on a weekly or fortnightly basis," Kirkland said. "They were very future focused thinking about income protection and life insurance. By the time we got to them they were already off work with children and it was a bit too late to fit super ...

New Spring FG SMSF platform opens

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... through DomaCom. There is also a range of SMSF member personal insurance options from AIA, including life, TPD and income protection. In addition to its standard self-directed offering, Spring FG said mysuper247 trustees and members would have access ...

Life insurers must be more transparent: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... largest life insurance companies have allowed an independent assessment of their life insurance, trauma, TPD and income protection claimants from the last 12 months, with the results showing claimants who have a financial adviser have a much better experience ...

Group insurers at mercy of a handful of super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
The role of superannuation funds as a distribution mechanism for life and income protection insurance continues to grow in the Australian market, according to new analysis by Rainmaker, which says the dominance of a few funds as gatekeepers could leave ...