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Group insurance premiums paid by super funds up 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... costs $2.25 per week on average, before rising to a high of $9.15 per week for members aged 55. Cover plunges to $18,400 by age 65, which older members fork out $6.46 a week for. Standard cover lifted through 2024-25 for all age brackets. Younger members ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... the government doesn't have to spend elsewhere," Coates said. "Those concessions will, in short order, cost more than the Age Pension, which is how most Australians in retirement are supported by the government. And those tax concessions, it's not just ...

ART makes sweeping changes to corporate super plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... death, total & permanent disability (TPD) and income protection rates. The change will vary based on a members' gender and age. Members under the age of 50 will receive a small reduction, whereas members 50 and older will incur a small increase. Domino's ...

Wealth groups tap operations leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Viola Private Wealth and Aura Group have appointed new operating leads, while MA Asset Management's COO has headed out the door. Aura Group has named Nathan Harris as its new chief operating officer as the firm continues to expand in the private ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... than spending. At the same time, Australia's population is ageing, meaning more retirees and proportionately fewer working-age Australians. "Tax is one of many ways our three primary economic challenges are related..." he said. "And now is the best time ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... a hard war to win," she said, as ultimately, people don't usually engage with their superannuation until they hit certain age milestones, particularly around 40, when perhaps their children are heading to university, or another life event occurs. And ...

Increased local, international demand drives practice valuations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... 1.8x to 1.5x. "Multiples paid for risk books or insurance-revenue-based practices will depend on the client's occupation, age, premium size, policy type, and geographic location of the clients," Radar Results chief executive John Birt said. Birt ...

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
Financial experts are calling on the government to simplify the process for Pacific and Timor-Leste workers that come to Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme to access unclaimed superannuation once their visa expires ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... projected that a 30-year-old earning the median wage of $75,000, with a $30,000 super balance, will accumulate $610,000 by age 67. Significantly, this surpasses the industry body's $595,000 benchmark for a comfortable retirement for single homeowners. ...

TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
The life insurer has today launched backd by TAL in partnership with Cover Genius, targeting those with limited access to affordable cover options. backd offers tailored, affordable options for workers not currently eligible for other types of cover ...