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AustralianSuper to decrease premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... indirectly caused by their service, other than service in the Australian Defence Force Reserves. AustralianSuper's group insurance is provided by TAL.

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Superannuation funds need to improve the life insurance they provide members, with ASIC finding trustees have not made sufficient effort to do so since it began targeted work in the area in 2019. Last year, ASIC reviewed the actions of 15 trustees in ...

Rising interest rates tank life insurer performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... increase of 20.5% to finish at $1 billion, making it the fifth largest life insurance provider in Australia. The group insurance segment grew 5% to hit $6.9 billion. Individual risk lump sum products rose 1.3% to $7.7 billion, while individual risk income ...

Super, advice class actions dampen CBA results

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... alleges that CFSIL did not act in the best interests of members and breached its trustee duties when taking out group insurance policies obtained from Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited (CMLA). It is alleged that CFSIL entered and maintained ...

Zurich wins group insurance mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
A $30 billion superannuation fund chose Zurich to provide group insurance for its 250,000 members. Brighter Super members will see their insurance provider change to Zurich Financial Services Australia from 1 July 2023. Zurich replaces incumbent group ...

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... stapling process, including specific feedback as to how it's operating at the workplace level and in conjunction with group insurance. "We understood that there were going to be some consequences to the way the former government set stapling up and we ...

Aware Super deepens TAL relationship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... mandate with TAL, with the insurer to now provide cover to VicSuper members as well. To date, VicSuper members' group insurance has been provided by MetLife and Aware Super's by TAL. However, members have been informed that TAL will soon become the fund's ...

Final Royal Commission reforms to be tabled, YFYS review begins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... considered, including specific feedback as to how it's operating at the workplace level and in conjunction with group insurance, Jones said. "We are not going to be reopening the stapling issue. For too long we've had multiple accounts eroding ...

Maritime Super reappoints MLC Life as group insurer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
... to their new digital claims experience, to members in the second half of this year." MLC Life Insurance chief group insurance officer Mark Puli commented that the reappointment was an endorsement of the collaborative work done between both partners to ...

Integrity Life picks AGI as group life administrator

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2022
... administrator. AGI combines a custom-built digital cloud solution and powerful administration technologies with group insurance specialists to deliver a customised and adaptable service model. "Since entering the Australian life insurance market in 2009 ...