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Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... organisation SuperFriend has today released detailed quantitative research on mental illness-related claims through group insurance, a project it has called the Super Mental Illness National Data (SuperMIND) Project. The research, which was conducted ...

TAL's Minto to retire, new CEO named

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... TAL for six years and during that time he has overseen the retail life and investments adviser business, TAL's Group insurance and wholesale business and also TAL's customer facing advice businesses of Affinia and Lifebroker. "I am excited to be given ...

AustralianSuper to charge for over-the-phone advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... members, AustralianSuper also announced changes to the definition of total and permanent disability (TPD) in its group insurance policy. The new definitions appear to make it more difficult to claim TPD. Where previously professionals would qualify if ...

CommInsure offers alternative to group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
Customers of Comminsure Total Care Plan Super insurance can now pay their premiums through their superannuation fund, giving superannuants an alternative to the group cover offered by their super fund. The change also means that policy holders would ...

Insurance through super saves $403 million

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... Australia purchase life insurance voluntarily. In terms of the total size of insurance cover across the community, group insurance within super represents 71% of total death benefit sums insured, 88% of overall total and permanent disablement (TPD) sums ...

BT makes key distribution role appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... specialised in product development and management across superannuation, managed investments, retirement incomes and group insurance with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Macquarie Bank. An FSC spokesperson confirmed that the departure is unrelated ...

FSC report warns of default super 'turmoil'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... need to wind up operations, concentration risk, and the potentially damaging effect on the already-struggling group insurance industry. FSC chief executive John Brogden said: "The default superannuation system needs to be reformed as a matter of urgency. ...

FSC's Storniolo leaves to join BT

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... specialised in product development and management across superannuation, managed investments, retirement incomes and group insurance with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Macquarie Bank.

Research contradicts group risk claims crisis

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... manifested in any more than a small handful of funds. That is the finding of the 2014 Rainmaker superannuation group insurance survey of 14,834 risk options offered by 206 super funds, master trusts and their included MySuper products. The research house ...

Mandates and pricing boost MetLife, TAL group inflows

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... to fourth largest group insurer in Australia, ahead of NAB / MLC. TAL kept its position as Australia's largest group insurance by market share (26.4%) and registered a growth in inflows of 62%. NAB / MLC Group came in third position, with a 36.1% annual ...