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Remove insurance from super: Cassidy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... said. A national scheme would offer fairer benefits for the working population with standardisation of Total Permanent Disability (TPD) definition and consistent conditions and assessments for occupations and health issues, Cassidy said. "Members would ...

IOOF tweaks platform risk insurance for super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... superannuation members. IOOF said it had extended the age at which members can apply for new death and total permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover through their superannuation from 65 to 70. It also said existing death and TPD insurance cover now ...

Super fund leaps into life stage insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... fund whose life cycle hits a specific trigger event will be able to access a higher level of death and total permanent disability insurance cover without any medical evidence. Peter Lewis, head of retirement products at Aon, said trigger events included ...

Funds to talk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... including being able to choose components, for example having no death insurance but five units of total permanent disability insurance. REST gets about 80 to 100 claims per month, Sayer said.

StatewideSuper upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
StatewideSuper has upgraded its income protection and death and total permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover for all existing members. The new upgrades will provide members with higher default cover and the option to take advantage of occupation ...

Zurich taps small business owners insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... only 65 per cent of SBOs have life insurance, three in four have no trauma cover while half don't have total permanent disability (TPD) cover. "This is an area of insurance that advisers have traditionally not provided much advice on, often because of ...

Macq Life signs the Teachers Health Fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... enables clients to claim when circumstance change throughout their life by providing life, trauma and total permanent disability (TPD) cover in the one policy. Brad Joyce, chief executive officer of Teachers Health Fund, said they chose Macquarie due ...

Macq Life Active premiums reach $1 million

NEWS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... enables clients to claim when circumstance change throughout their life by providing life, trauma and total permanent disability (TPD) cover in the one policy. The policy includes a Health Events cover that includes more medical conditions than traditional ...

Too much insurance erodes savings

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... investment fees that will see your savings take a hit. There are often insurance policies for death and total permanent disability, but because the premiums come straight out of your balance it's easy not to notice you're paying them. "Sometimes the ...

Macquarie Life releases flexible insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
... enables clients to claim when circumstance change throughout their life by providing life, trauma and total permanent disability (TPD) cover in the one policy. The policy includes a Health Events cover that includes more medical conditions than traditional ...