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Asset Super pumps up insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2009
... members, with those who have fixed cover in place seeing a 2.5 per cent reduction in their weekly premiums. Current income protection insurance arrangements however remains unchanged. Members who qualify are those who have at least $1,500 in their accounts ...

MLC wins Sisters of Mercy mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... will also see increased levels of total and permanent disability (TPD) cover for younger members, and default income protection for all new members. MLC will include provisions for members with income protection to receive benefits up to the age of 70 ...

Aviva enhances Protectionfirst

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
Aviva Australia has upgraded its Protection first range of life, critical illness and income protection products. The main enhancements include enhanced flexible recovery money options, which allows premiums to be split at benefit level. This means ...

TOWER nabs $600m AustralianSuper deal

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
... per cent increase in death and disablement cover for the same cost; get a default cover that has a two-year income protection benefit; and eligible members will be able to access cover that meets their needs without requiring a personal statement, medical ...

AXA ramps up million-dollar insurance strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... cover has now been linked to superannuation and the number of illnesses without waiting periods across AXA's income protection suite has been expanded from eight to 37. Despite this success, Rogers said the firm remains focussed on the next half of the ...

AMP clients buy more insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... clients are more reflective of their circumstances and things like the level of insurance cover, whether their income protection are up to date," said Guggenheimer. The increasing interest and uptake of insurance cover come from several fronts. The first ...

Media Super hires ING as insurer

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... appointed ING Life as its new insurer for death and total and permanent disability insurance cover, and its income protection cover. The appointment follows a six-month intensive tender process. Media Super, an industry super fund with funds under management ...

Aon upgrades insurance

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2009
... insurance for members to include unlimited death cover and higher total and permanent disablement (TPD) and income protection limits. The trust has increased the TPD benefit to $3 million and income protection has risen to $25,000 per month. These changes ...

HESTA improves insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The $13 billion HESTA has improved its income protection and death covers - all without an increase to the premiums charged to members. Currently, members with HESTA's default insurance generally have two units of death cover and two units of income ...

Broker gets permanent ban from ASIC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2009
... August 2000 and July 2005 when he received a total of $43,500 from a client to for the purpose of obtaining income protection insurance policies, but instead, retained the funds for his personal use. Clough's conduct in preparing documentation relating ...