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Super fund introduces further group insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... which will see some members pay more for cover. CareSuper is moving from a unit-based cover for standard death and TPD insurance to an age-based cover from 1 August 2019, where members will be allocated a dollar amount of cover based on age and changes ...

LUCRF Super ups premiums for older members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... have a higher level of cover and a moderate increase in premiums. Given that LUCRF provides members with death and TPD insurance by default, members who have not selected their occupation category are assigned to the light blue collar rates. In light ...

Super figures point to NSW victory

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... products among the top 10 funds in the country Lifecycle products among the top 10 Average fees Default death and TPD insurance premiums Default income protection premiums Starting with the number of MySuper products ranking inside the top 10 across ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... insurance and additional tax revenue on insurance payouts. Rice Warner's analysis on the other hand is focused on TPD insurance, the Commission said. Both analyses are "partial" as neither considered the effects of super balance erosion on Age Pension ...

Royal Commission case study: advice put retirement in ruins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... in a HESTA superannuation account and $52,000 in a Cbus account. Between them they had about $300,000 in life and TPD insurance through super. Liabilities reported to the adviser included a $444,000 mortgage, a personal Westpac loan for $40,000, two ...

Merged super funds save $30m for members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... Sunsuper announced it became a signatory of the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice and will drop TPD insurance premiums for life product members by an average of 20%. From 1 July 2018, Sunsuper will adopt a tiered cover approach to ...

Industry fund signs super code, slashes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... fund is the latest signatory to the Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice, announcing it will drop TPD insurance premiums by an average of 20% at the same time. Signing up to the code from March 31, Sunsuper believes it will be the first ...

Vision Super names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
Vision Super is welcoming a new life insurance provider from 1 January 2018. MLC Life Insurance will provide default life insurance cover to Vision Super's 10,000 member base for death, total and permanent disablement (TPD), and income protection. MLC ...

MLC Life enhances benefits, boosts savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... sum insured amounts under MLC Insurance (Super) when income protection insurance is bundled with life cover and TPD insurance; removing the minimum account balance on MLC MasterKey funding arrangements; simplifying the discount bands and removing the ...

Archaic gender rules mask super benefits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... Australian Ethical's head of ethics research, Stuart Palmer, says the answer likely lies in the fact that life and TPD insurance premiums are often affected by one's biological sex rather than the gender with which they may identify. "Super funds often ...