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Telstra Super cuts insurance premiums

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
Telstra Super has made changes to its insurance design, reducing the price of income protection, death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. The fund, insured by TOWER Australia, has cut income protection and death and TPD premiums by up to ...

Omnium updates life quotes web tool

LOREN RUGEBREGT  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... how much of each premium is tied up in the different insurance categories such as life insurance, trauma or income protection. The financial planner can then customise their client's insurance coverage with ease. Advisers can also control a viewing list ...

Life insurance gap down 33pc

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... $3,073 billion on an income replacement basis while total and permanent disability (TPD) is $7,182 billion and income protection underinsurance is at $437 billion. In the new report from Rice Warner Actuaries, personal insurance is on the rise due to ...

HESTA forms new relationship with CommInsure

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
HESTA has partnered up with CommInsure to offer income protection to age 67, moving away from OnePath. Starting from next year, HESTA members will receive improved death benefits. The super fund said that under the new insurance offer, a 40 year old ...

Super funds bidding to stem insurance shortfall

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... are looking at increasing default cover, around $175,000 is now the industry fund average, and often adding income protection to their product offering. There is also a move towards more online options and a focus on making the entire insurance process ...

Tower, Praemium tackle new frontier

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... provider on the platform. Tower products available will include life cover, permanent disability, critical illness, income protection, and business expenses cover. Tower will pay Praemium an undisclosed fee for Tower's access and integration into its ...

Macquarie breathes new Life into insurance

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... upgraded for advisers nationwide. Other changes include enhancements to FutureWise and Macquarie Life Active's income protection offerings and Macquarie Life's claims process. Its underwriting service has also been upgraded with personal medical attendant ...

AFA award launched to encourage female financial planners

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... "TOWER statistics reveal that although women make up 45% of the Australian workforce, only 12% of TOWER Australia income protection claims come from women," said Clark. "These statistics have significant social and fiscal implications for us all. "We ...

New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... focus on getting insurance outside of super, and even create new viable business models for advisers such as income protection held outside of super." Surprising many was the government stance on banning soft dollar payments $300 or more (per benefit) ...

Financial planners to improve soft skills

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... by AXA. The Risk Learning Program has two main components, one that teaches advisers to discuss life, TPD and income protection insurance with compassion and sensitivity and one that gives product information for AXA's Elevate suite of insurance products. ...