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Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... idea stating trustees should continue to debit account balances in the event members need some form of total permanent disability (TPD) protection. In releasing its voluntary code of conduct today, the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG) ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... average sum insured per dollar per week has fallen 4.6% over the past 12 months for combined death and total permanent disability (TPD) cover and 5.6% for death-only cover. A few very large clients One of the key reasons repricing may be a slower process ...

Australians seeing Centrelink as "life insurance substitute"

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... uses. It is derived from a survey of 814 Australians from October to November 2014 and covers life, total permanent disability, income protection and trauma insurance. Key findings include that while nearly 60% of Australians hold life insurance, it ...

Life risk sales falling

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Individual death, total permanent disability (TPD) and trauma insurance sales fell by 8% to $280 million in the March quarter, according to research by DEXX&R. DEXX&R's report notes that this time is "traditionally the slowest quarter" for insurance ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... average sum insured per dollar per week has fallen 4.6% over the past 12 months for combined death and total permanent disability (TPD) cover and 5.6% for death-only cover. Combined death/TPD cover for high-risk occupations fell more substantially compared ...

AIA launches business life insurance benefit

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... Business Safeguard Forward Underwriting Benefit (FUB) will allow business owners to increase their life, total permanent disability (TPD) and crisis recovery insurance under certain circumstances. These include when owners start a business; increase ...

CommInsure offers alternative to group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... annual renewal rebate of up to 14% from the first policy anniversary." The changes apply to life cover, total permanent disability cover, income care super and accidental death cover.

AIA extends IP insurance to target baby boomers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... illness of a child," AIA Australia's chief marketing officer Tim Tez said. AIA has also changed its Total Permanent Disability (TPD) and Income Protection (IP) benefits to include eligibility for part-time and casual workers, or those engaged only in ...

CommInsure improves coverage for RBF members

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013
... of the Tasmania-based Retirement Benefit Fund (RBF) CommInsure has made changes to existing death, total permanent disability (TPD) and income protection products for members of RBF's defined contribution scheme, the RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme. ...

MLC revamps insurance offering

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... which allows customers to get cover as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, clients who bundle their Life, Total Permanent Disability and Critical Illness cover together are now being rewarded with a 20% saving on income protection premiums. "Our new multi ...