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Former Suncorp executive joins Freedom Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... of $53.5 million in FY17, an 81% increase on the prior year thanks to solid sales growth namely from funeral, accidental death and injury insurance. Cohen said the company has a medium-term goal of becoming the second largest participant in the $441 ...

ASIC puts corner-cutting advisers on notice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
ASIC is warning financial advice dealer groups about the consequences of failing to correctly witness binding death nominations for superannuation benefits. The regulator said many nominations are at risk of being rejected by trustees as it has become ...

SMSFs grappling with super changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... advisers are still coming to grips with the impact of the legislative changes in certain areas such as estate planning and death benefits. Death benefits, which are a complex issue, have been made even more complex and while the transfer balance cap ...

Bravura scores platform deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... policy business. Foresters provides investment and insurance products such as friendly society bonds, funeral bonds, and death and distress benefit funds. It supports a large network of Australia's funeral directors through the provision of funds management ...

Safeguard wills with specialist advice: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... Wealth Planning Partners' Amanda Cassar said financial advisers must remember for certain superannuation funds, a binding death benefit nomination made by a client becomes invalid in the event of certain life changes. "When members sign a binding death ...

Marriage equality and the estate plan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... be reviewed to safeguard those rights. Financial advisers must remember that, for certain superannuation funds, a binding death benefit nomination made by a client becomes invalid in the event of certain life changes, Cassar said. "When members sign ...

Early super release consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... exercise of a power of sale over a member's principal place of residence; or to pay for expenses associated with a dependant's death, funeral or burial, the paper said. About $290 million in super benefits was released on compassionate grounds in FY17 ...

AustralianSuper launches insurance-free product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... Kerlin noted insurance a benefit to people who have dependents or financial commitments that may be affected as a result of death or total and permanent disability. "With people getting married or having kids later in life we need to adjust our assumptions ...

Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... unnecessary erosion by automatically not charging income protection cover 13 months from the date of the last contribution. For death and total and permanent disability cover, trustees will stop charging premiums 13 months from the final contribution ...

Super life code released

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... will automatically cease charging income protection cover 13 months from the final contribution date. In terms of charging death and total and permanent disability cover, trustees will cease charging premiums 13 months from the final contribution and ...