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Industry fund pilots cancer wellness program

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... it is often a big adjustment transitioning from the active stage of cancer treatment back into a normal routine. When medical support suddenly ceases, the person recovering from cancer often struggles to return to a normal life." He added many are left ...

TAL forms medical advisory board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
Life insurer TAL has formed a specialist board to strengthen its in-house health and medical capabilities. The Specialist Advisory Board comprises medical experts who advise on cardiology, respiratory conditions, neurology, oncology, endocrinology ...

Australians raid super to pay for medical expenses

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
Australians are increasingly dipping into their superannuation accounts to pay for medical expenses including gastric banding and IVF. Figures from the Department of Human Services reveal that in 2016-17, more than $290 million was rereleased from the ...

FSC finalises life insurance APL guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... strength)." The APL standard follows the FSC releasing its Life Insurance Code of Practice, along with a new set of standardised medical definitions, in July. The new definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in trauma and critical illness policies ...

Early super release consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... until 12 February 2018. The review will also consider compassionate and severe financial hardships, as well as terminal medical conditions and incapacity as means to access super earlier than anticipated. Funds may also be released early to prevent foreclosure ...

CommInsure life insurance ads misleading: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... payment if they suffered a heart attack in general, when in fact only certain types of heart attacks, which met certain medical criteria as defined in the policy, were covered," ASIC said. CommInsure has since updated heart attack definitions in its ...

Former J.P. Morgan chief joins Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... years and are eligible for reappointment. The board oversees four funds: the Future Fund, DisabilityCare Australia Fund, Medical Research Future Fund and two Nation-building Funds. As at September, the Future Fund held $134.5 billion in assets and is ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... Stanford Brown marked its 30 years in the business with a charity ball, raising more than $130,000 for the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI) along the way. During the group's acknowledgment speech, chief executive Jonathan Hoyle ( Profile ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... cover sought under group insurance. This is because most Australians are able to obtain some cover without disclosing any medical information through superannuation group insurance plans or direct products. Given that Australia's current position was ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... The move follows in a long line of changes made by MLC Life to various benefits without impacting premiums, including medical definitions. These enhancements include making the terminal illness benefit payable when the terminal illness will lead to death ...