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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 ...

Part-time staff insurance made easier

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
Financial planners with part-time employed clients can now get income protection and TPD cover easier with Asteron's new "5 Hours" definition. Asteron unveilled its new "5 Hours" definition last month, in addition to its flagship "10 Hours" definition. ...

AGEST Super upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... certain criteria will automatically receive or can apply for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) and income protection cover from the fund. The fund's insurance premiums have not changed as a result of the enhancement. CommInsure provides ...

GFC drives insurance awareness: AXA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2009
... insurance industry has been working hard over the past few years to break down the barriers and make life and income protection insurance more accessible to more Australians," he said. "Our involvement in Lifewise, a public awareness campaign to help ...

Finsuper members flock to new insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... to $800,000 for death and total & permanent disablement (TPD) insurance. The automatic acceptance limits for income protection for up to 20 units or $10,000 per month have also been increased to a maximum of 85 per cent of the worker's salary. The insurance ...