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TAL urges trustees to review default insurance benefits

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... in light of APRA Prudential Standard 250 include: Most funds have an emphasis on lump sum total and permanent disability (TPD) benefits - but should there be a change of focus onto income-type benefits for people who have been totally and permanently ...

Most funds to offer default IP for MySuper

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... with 55% of respondents indicating their fund's MySuper product would include default income protection alongside death and TPD insurance. The remaining 45% said they would not include default IP and cited cost, personal nature of the protection, and ...

Remove insurance from super: Cassidy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... national scheme would offer fairer benefits for the working population with standardisation of Total Permanent Disability (TPD) definition and consistent conditions and assessments for occupations and health issues, Cassidy said. "Members would [also] ...

Provisio SOA tool can test 'reasonable basis'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... existing insurance, it's going to be harder to justify a switch." Provisio's tool considers the sum of all existing life, TPD, and income protection insurance the client holds across all existing funds, and determines whether the total insurance cover ...

Scope for super participation in TPD education

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Super funds have a role to play in public education on the implications of TPD member cover, according to Slater & Gordon Lawyers. Following a recent survey that showed only 47% of people knew total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance coverage ...

OnePath upgrades insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... arrangement to its OneCare product which means that clients can split the ownership of their total permanent disablement (TPD) cover between an ordinary non-superannuation and a superannuation policy. Another key enhancement includes a new TPD cover ...

Macquarie Life upgrades insurance offerings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... alternative tier with the any occupation, own occupation and domestic duties definition of total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance. This means the defined approach to assess disability will include an objective measure for assessing impairment ...

Default super in modern awards justified: Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... building projects," Atkin said. "Cbus has also tailored its insurance product to provide high levels of cover for death and TPD without underwriting or questions around occupation - in stark contrast to most retail funds that require underwriting or ...

MLC Insurance gets upgraded

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... including a 12 month Life Cover Buy Back option which allows customers to restore their life insurance benefit in the event of a TPD claim, double benefits which restore a customer's life insurance benefit in the event of a TPD or Critical Illness claim ...

Zurich updates Life Risk product

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... those advisers who choose to embrace the power of the future". Changes to the life risk offering include a new 'superlink' TPD feature, which allows flexibility to structure 'own' and 'any' occupation TPD inside and outside super, as well as a review ...