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Industry fund signs on to insurance code

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... Super's adoption of the code reflects our commitment to continuing to provide our members with high quality and cost effective death, disablement and income protection cover and to giving them access to excellent service when they apply for insurance ...

Commonwealth Super signs technology partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... platform as a managed cloud service. The partnership intends to enable greater efficiency in the administration of claims for death and disability benefits within the CSC's defined benefit schemes. It will also enable greater servicing of Australian ...

What will estate planning look like in 2020?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... 10%," Chew said. He added such an increase could affect estate planning strategies, especially impacting the payment of death benefits to non-dependants. What this would effectively do is tighten advisers' estate planning opportunities, as would a continued ...

New law tightens unpaid SG penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... new provisions, O'Dwyer added, will enable the transition to retirement income stream of a super fund member to be paid at death to their eligible dependants without having to be commuted and a new income stream started. "Administrative processes will ...

O'Dwyer flags government intervention on insurance in super code

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... starting out in the workforce at 20 years of age, earning an average annual income of $56,000 across their working life. "With death, total and permanent disability and income protection cover, the effect of five sets of premiums and fees could reduce ...

Super industry wants tougher insurance code

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... months of inactive contributions, funds will automatically cease charging income protection premiums; this also applies to death and total and permanent disability premiums, albeit for balances less than $6000. Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... the Life Insurance Framework," he said. Other winners on the night included: Term Life/TPD Product of the Year - Zurich (Death Cover) Risk Production Innovation - AMP (LIF Resource Hub for advisers); and MLC Insurance (Claims First cloud-based automated ...

Private equity firm sells Bravura stake

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... administration platform. Foresters provides investment and insurance products such as friendly society bonds, funeral bonds, and death and distress benefit funds. It supports a large network of Australia's funeral directors through the provision of funds ...

AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
... financial year. From May 2018, AustralianSuper and life insurance partner TAL will decrease life insurance premiums by 14% for death cover; 6% for total and permanent disability (TPD); and 20% for income protection. According to AustralianSuper group ...

O'Dwyer proposes TRIS changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... Government is pushing for reversionary transition to retirement income streams (TRIS) to be paid to an eligible dependent upon a death, regardless if a condition of release is met. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer says automatically ...