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Child Care Super cuts fees, boost insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... Permanent Disablement cover will benefit from extra cover at zero cost. The fund is also introducing automatic income protection cover for members who hold automatic death and TPD cover from 15 December. Members will have the choice to opt out of this ...

Macquarie hires insurance specialist

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... will provide insurance solutions for both small businesses and high net worth investors, focusing on asset and income protection, life cover and the estate planning and business succession. He has extensive experience in sales and operations in Australia ...

Maritime Super lowers IP premiums

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
Maritime Super has negotiated lower premiums on the income protection insurance for the 4,800 Stevedoring members. Peter Robertson, chief executive at Maritime Super, said the fund's claims had been good in the past year, which means the management ...

Aviva launches insurance 'mylink'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... online. The new facility, called Riskfirst mylink, will allow people who are applying for a life insurance, income protection, disability or trauma policy to complete their personal statement through the web. "This is the first time someone applying ...

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 ...