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PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... remuneration is commission driven. This means that their remuneration bounces around a bit. So we have put in place an income protection arrangement with our insurer that allows us to average the remuneration for the last three years to try to smooth ...

Sunsuper renews AIA mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... with AIA Australia to 2020. As a result, AIA will continue to provide death, total permanent disablement and income protection insurance to Sunsuper members beyond the original July 2016 deadline. Explaining the decision, Sunsuper chief executive Scott ...

MLC offers insurance rollover to external funds

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... annual premium discount, enduring authority, automated annual premium payments and an "up to 20%" discount on income protection premiums. The function is available for MLC Insurance (Super), MLC Protection (Life Super) and MLC Protection (Income Protection ...

Zurich cleans up at Plan For Life awards

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... (Trauma Standalone Award), AIA Australia (Trauma Rider Award), OnePath (Accident Cover Award) and TAL Life (Income Protection Award and Innovation Award). Other winners included Suncorp (Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award and Funeral Cover Stepped Premiums ...

AMP wealth earnings down post-Genesys closure

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... noted that the business had also suffered due to "claims experience losses primarily relating to the retail income protection book." "Volatility in wealth protection experience is to be expected from period to period given the size of AMP's in-force ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... gap in Australia. This "gap" was based on levels of life insurance, total and permanent disability (TPD) and income protection as at June 30, 2014, as compared to the estimated amount of cover needed based on key consumer characteristics - including ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... service, around 55% have taken that up in some shape or form." The $92 billion fund has made changes to its TPD and income protection definitions progressively over the last 12 months and in both cases the key change has been to introduce a rehabilitation ...

Are Australians money dumb about savings?

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... questions around topics such as the premiums paid on life insurance for being a smoker and whether you can deduct income protection premiums on your tax return. The national average for correct answers from this year's respondents sits at just 57%, down ...

Early insurance claimants return to work faster

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
Income protection claimants in group policies within superannuation are more likely to return to work within a year, according to Rice Warner research. Specifically, if income protection claimants notify of an illness or disability within the first ...

Retirees should expand asset classes

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... He said fixed income provides low capital volatility; real assets - such as AREITs and infrastructure - offer income protection; and equities delivers significant upside potential for income growth. Speaking to Financial Standard recently, Standard Life ...