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TAL loses super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... result in a reduction in premiums for the majority of members and improvement in a number of policy terms and definitions for death, TPD and income protection cover. "Whilst every effort has been made to reduce premiums for all members, a small number ...

Cbus overhauls insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Cbus is changing the way it calculates insurance premiums, with members set to pay more for death and TPD insurance cover. From April 1, Cbus members' insurance premiums will be based on their age in a move designed to more closely reflect what it costs ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus causes equity market correction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... days" "The coronavirus crisis has deepened over the weekend, with the number of countries affected climbing past 60 and the death toll hitting 3000." So goes another grim headline from Associated Press which, I surmise, is to take eyeballs and/or readership ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... world have reported a total of 82,794 confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 that originated from Wuhan, China, and a death toll of 2,817 deaths". Based on its figures, this equates to a death rate of 3.4% -- it's grown from earlier estimated ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Belgium (imported), one case in Finland (imported), one case in Sweden (imported). Six deaths have been reported in Italy; one death has been reported in France." This doesn't include the latest cases reported in Switzerland and Croatia. This would ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... John Maynard Keynes, "in the long run we're all dead". That, of course, is if COVID-19 endures and permanently wreaks death and/or destruction of economic activity. But nah, like all others before it, a cure will be found and when we look back at ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... has rebounded by 10.7% from the one-year low of 2746.61 points recorded on February 3 (following reports that the COVID-19 death toll has overtaken SARS), taking its 2020 year-to-date loss from a steep 10.0% (on the third of Feb) to a mere 0.3% three ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
With the coronavirus, now dubbed COVID-19, impacting not only many lives, but now also the bottom line of some of the world's biggest companies, investors are chasing shorting opportunities to bank big on the pandemic. According to the World Health ...

Industry fund bumps up premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... industry superannuation fund are set to pay higher insurance premiums from April 1, with some paying up to 20% more for death and TPD. VicSuper has notified members their insurance premiums are increasing as a result of the Protecting Your Super and ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... cases of the coronavirus, with 1491 deaths globally. According to this data, the coronavirus has now well surpassed the death toll of the 2002-3 SARS epidemic. Green said the real impact of the virus on the Chinese and global economy remains up in the ...