Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 411 - 420 of 5301 results for "Life 439"

Zurich launches new TPD option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched a new total and permanent disability (TPD) offering designed specifically to cover ongoing care requirements in the event of a severe accident or illness. The new 'continuous care' option allows for a ...

Aged care costs begin to worry older Aussies

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
Older Australians are increasingly seeking financial advice in relation to aged care costs, new research from Challenger and National Seniors Australia shows. According to the study, calculating aged care costs has become a dominant concern for older ...

Former Mercer Super chair named Actuary of the Year

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The Actuaries Institute has named Jan Swinhoe the Actuary of the Year for 2024. Swinhoe has an extensive background in financial services, having worked across insurance, institutional banking, and superannuation. She is currently a non-executive director ...

More financially secure women seek advice: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Financially secure women in the second half of their lives prioritise living comfortably in retirement and travelling as their key goals and seek financial advice to maintain a level of prosperity, a new survey from Perpetual Private found. Canvassing ...

Government consults on laxing legacy super product rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
The government is consulting on new regulations to relax restrictions on legacy superannuation products which would allow individuals to exit unsuitable products and remove barriers to closing legacy funds. The purpose of the draft Treasury Laws Amendment ...

China to raise retirement age from 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
For the first time since the 1970s, China will begin "gradually raising" the national retirement age from next year as it looks to stretch a dwindling pension budget further to sustain its ageing population. The country has approved proposals to raise ...

Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
Many recipients of the Age Pension will pay more for aged care under proposed reforms to how the sector is funded, with wealthier Australians to cover more of the costs they incur from July 2025. With the nation's annual aged care expenses predicted ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
The complexity of retirement income decisions has left many feeling ill-equipped to manage their superannuation savings and generate an income that will deliver a comfortable lifestyle later in life, according to GBST research. The wealth management ...

Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
Insurers will no longer be able to use genetic test results in life insurance underwriting, with a total ban to be introduced by the government. Earlier this year, the government consulted on the use of genetic test results in underwriting life insurance ...

Superannuation objective legislation hits Senate floor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
The Senate will consider legislation to define an objective of superannuation. The Superannuation (Objective) Bill enshrines the goal to preserve savings to deliver income for a dignified retirement, alongside government support, in an equitable and ...