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StatewideSuper upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
StatewideSuper has upgraded its income protection and death and total permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover for all existing members. The new upgrades will provide members with higher default cover and the option to take advantage of occupation ...

Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... per cent of SBOs have life insurance, three in four have no trauma cover while half don't have total permanent disability (TPD) cover. "This is an area of insurance that advisers have traditionally not provided much advice on, often because of the perception ...

TOWER, CommInsure tie as top insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... AIA and CommInsure Winner: Tower Australia Trauma Insurance Finalists: Asteron and AXA Winner: Tower Australia Life Cover TPD Finalists: Onepath and Tower Australia Winner: Zurich Risk Innovation No finalists Winner: BT Teleclaims and Asteron Healthy ...

Telstra Super upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... Telstra Super Corporate Plus and Sensis Super Plus plans, with additional Death or Death and Total & Permanent Disablement (TPD) cover now available to those facing specified life events. Members with income protection will now be able to customise their ...

BT Financial expands into insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2011
... and will be available through WRAP Superannuation. IRESS has awarded BT Insurance the top quartile rankings for its Life, TPD, Trauma and IP products.

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... to Westscheme members include higher insurance cover. Around 97 per cent of members will have a higher level of Death and TPD cover - up as much as 36 per cent - while automatic acceptance levels will also increase 10 times. On performance, AustralianSuper ...

Trustees told to rethink ins cover strategies

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... Taxation Office (ATO) ruling regarding premiums paid by funds for insurance policies providing total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. The ATO general draft ruling (TR 2010/D9), proposed to apply from 1 July, will result in premiums for "own occupation" ...

Queensland funds offer members help

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... events such as the floods - are also available. ESI Super and SPEC Super are also focusing on income protection and death and TPD insurance, particularly for those working in the energy sector who face substantial workloads in potentially-dangerous conditions ...

LUCRF simplifies insurance for more cover

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... month. By completing the form and returning it, members might be automatically eligible for a total of 4 units of Death & TPD cover, or 6 units of Death Only cover. By contrast, the fund's current default cover gives members 1 unit of Standard Fixed ...

HOSTPLUS improves insurance, maintains fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... members from 1 December 2010 including adjustments to the benefit scales and premiums of Death and Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance. Finally, the fund has launched a new investment option on the retail market which boasts a low 0.036 per ...