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Health Super members get insurance boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... 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 employer, their automatic ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... "If I think about my own clients, which are Gen X and Ys, I think that if I asked for a fee to put in place an income protection, it might jeopardise whether or not the person would take the policy," said Chris Browne, award-winning financial planner ...

Prime Super boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... Members will need to be working full time to take part in the offer. Meanwhile, premiums have also gone down for income protection and fixed insurance cover. On top of that, the fund is introducing online underwriting to provide members with a simplified ...

Aussies to rely on govt when insurance falls short: survey

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... replacement income to workers if they are ill or injured. Add to that equation a further 82 per cent who believe income protection insurance pays a direct replacement income if they lose - or quit - their job. These misconceptions are a hefty price to ...

Underinsurance to hit crisis point

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... global financial crisis may have helped more people understand the value of financial security, with the surge of income protection policies written in 2008 and 2009. The country's largest super funds have also introduced better group insurance cover ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... Quality Award, Trauma Product and the 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 ...

CareSuper ramps up insurance appeal

CARESUPER RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... members may elect to increase their death & TPD cover to 10 times their salary, capped at $1.5 million and to take income protection which reflects their actual salary level. They can at any time apply for additional cover or income protection by meeting ...

AIA expands product suite

AIA AUSTRALIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
... receive $25,000 payment under the final expenses benefit if the policy holder is a company or business entity. For income protection, the severity benefit pays an extra one third of the insured monthly benefit per month if the policy holder is diagnosed ...

GuildSuper cuts fees, boosts insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... For members who already hold automatic death and TPD cover, they will also benefit from additional automatic income protection cover from mid December. Members can opt-out of the arrangement should they wish to do so, noted the fund. Meanwhile, members ...

ESI Super pumps up insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The $2.7 billion ESI Super has partnered with Australian Income Protection (AIP) and MLC to offer improved insurance to its 21,000 members. ESI Super is encouraging its new and existing members to take out new income protection cover, provided by AIP ...