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Former QSuper chief joins NZ Super Fund board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... Vilgan currently is the chair of CBA's staff superannuation fund and chair of the federal government's safety, rehabilitation and compensation commission (from which she will step down in October). She is also a member of the investment committee at ...

Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... beneficial for them to do so. This is an unresolvable conflict of interest for insurers to be making decisions about rehabilitation and treatment." She added that there are still insurers that do not comply with the FSC Life Insurance Code of Practice. ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... FSC said. It also recommended the government remove regulatory barriers to enable life insurers to offer target rehabilitation payments and early intervention practices. Current legislative requirements prevent life insurers from funding medical treatment ...

Life insurance salary guide for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... claims consultants make $120,000 to $135,000, dispute claims consultants make between $100,000 to $130,000 and rehabilitation consultants between $100,000 and $125,000. Profusion acknowledged that acquisitions and restructures at life insurers has created ...

COVID-19 to push life premiums up: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... of a "rise in mental health conditions" and potentially a reduction in the ability to access the full suite of rehabilitation services. "The overall situation may be the final catalyst to cease long term income protection in its current form, both in ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... through our strong Life, Health and Wellbeing proposition and market-leading programs such as AIA Vitality, and our rehabilitation programs," he said. Financial Standard recently reported on premium increases for AIA Priority Protection customers, with ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... too that disabilities will be a thing of the past. "Exoskeletons will become commonplace. These will assist in rehabilitation, helping paraplegics to walk, but also supporting employees with their daily tasks. Medical nanobots will be able to extend ...

Zurich secures mandate from $8b super fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... award winning claims service was also singled out as a factor in winning the mandate, in particular our innovative rehabilitation and wellness offering and our ability to develop deep insights from claims trends using artificial intelligence based models". ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Life insurance reforms proposed to provide better rehabilitation and early intervention treatment have been scrapped by the Federal Government. In response to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services' report released ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... the claimant, who had a brain injury and trouble talking, could go back to work. The insurer sent the claimant to rehabilitation and they were advised to become a call centre operator. While stories from his professional experience and some from the ...