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Successor fund transfer finalised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... transferred to Sunsuper, with a few changes to align the insurance with Sunsuper's offering and the Putting Members' Interests First legislation. For example, the IAG & NRMA plan adjusted insurance when age or salaries changed, but Sunsuper adjusts insurance ...

Industry fund hikes income protection premiums

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... attributes the rise in premiums to the recent changes in legislation, Protecting Your Super and Putting Members' Interests First, which has triggered an exodus members holding insurance within superannuation. "As a result, Media Super, like many super ...

Hostplus freezes premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... insurance premiums recently after legislative changes including the Protecting Your Super and Putting Members' Interests First packages saw the pool of insured accounts decrease. REI Super, Tasplan, legalsuper and Intrust Super all recently increased ...

REI Super ups insurance premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... cover will increase from $1.67 to $2.01. The fund said following the implementation of the Putting Members' Interests First reforms the increase in insurance prices was necessary, but that it had "negotiated strongly" with group insurer MetLife to ...

Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... 2019 (to protect super savings from unnecessary erosion by fees and insurance costs) and the 'Putting Member's Interests First' legislation, which came into effect on April 1 earlier this year (to ensure members aren't paying insurance fees for cover ...

Legalsuper appoints executive, increases premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... depending on age and gender. The fund said the increases are a result of the Protecting Your Super and Putting Members Interests First legislative changes. The fund also cites the Early Release of Superannuation scheme as a driver, with APRA stats out ...

Count Financial faces class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... policies with lower premiums from alternative insurers," Allsopp said. "Instead of putting their clients' best interests first, the planners were incentivised by commissions and other benefits to funnel people into expensive CommInsure policies. "Customers ...

Link suffers in COVID environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... said. "We successfully worked through various legislations including Protecting Your Super (PYS), Putting Members Interests First (PMIF) and the COVID-19 ERS scheme. All of these initiatives required a high level of investment of resources and time ...

Hostplus ups income protection premiums by 73%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... a significant event notice to members that the changes to premiums were necessary because the Putting Members Interests First and Protecting Your Super reforms had reduced the number of members with insurance. "The introduction of these reforms has resulted ...

Advice firm awarded international certification

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... certification are adhering to the industry's best fiduciary practices. These include always putting clients' best interests first, managing conflicts of interest and acting at all times in a prudent and professional manner with a commitment to ethical ...