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Health Super members get insurance boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... accumulation members working with a registered employer are entitled to an automatic level of death, total permanent disablement (TPD) and income protection cover. However, if members terminate their employment and do not start working with a registered ...

Prime Super boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... management at the end of September last year according to Rainmaker Information, is automatically increasing the death and TPD insurance cover for eligible members on 1 May. In addition, the fund has also restructured its scales so that members are covered ...

Perpetual Select Super to slash insurance premium by 40pc

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... on AIA allowed the plan to increase its default insurance cover for members. The death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover for members of employer default funds have increased across all age groups - while premium rates have been discounted ...

ING enhances OneCare

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... of the policy by 25 per cent without further medical tests. In addition, ING will now pay 25 per cent of the policy holders TPD Cover, up to $500,000, if the customer suffers a specific loss such as a limb or an eye. Previously, the insurer paid out ...

AXA to launch blended premium insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... Australia will soon adopt a blended premium pricing approach across its term life, trauma and total permanent disablement (TPD) insurance suite to make life insurance more affordable. Stephen Rosengren, head of individual life at AXA Australia, said ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... about the nation's insurance problem. According to the 2008 AIST/IFF Survey, the average level of Term & Permanent Disability (TPD) Insurance of a super fund member is $162,000 compared to the AIST/IFF formula-based suggested coverage of more than four ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... best Investment Bond. CommInsure was also named the runner up for both the Income Protection Award and the Life Cover and TPD Award. In accepting the Platinum Award, CommInsure's Paul Rayson thanked his risk team for their hard work. "We hang our hat ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
The $3.2 billion CareSuper is doubling the death and TPD cover for members over 30, and basing its default cover for younger members on their lifecycle commitments. CareSuper, the 200,000 member industry fund for administrative and professional employees ...

Westpac Super improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
The $2.5 billion Westpac Staff Super has changed the way it calculates death and TPD cover - introducing a tiered structure to better meet members' lifecycle insurance needs. Westpac Staff Super, which had $2.46 billion at the end of June according ...

GuildSuper cuts fees, boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
GuildSuper is introducing a tiered fee structure and lowering fees for members, while upgrading its death and TPD insurance. GuildSuper, which is owned by Guild Financial Services, has improved members' insurance cover by providing better levels of ...