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Ban flipping arrangements: ISN

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Industry Super Network is calling for the immediate ban of 'flipping' - the transferring of members from a wholesale fund to a more expensive personal super product - citing high fees and increased insurance premiums as key problems of the practice. ...

Aviva provides automatic insurance in super

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
Aviva is providing automatic life insurance cover to over 18,000 Business Super members. Business Super members only need $1,500 in superannuation savings to receive the automatic cover. No medical history or check is required. Around 9,700 members ...

Advisers choose definitions over technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Automatic underwriting, online transactions and website calculators are needed when it comes to risk insurance, but financial advisers won't use a provider if the contracts don't pay out when clients need it most. While the risk insurance industry is ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... misunderstood super terms among Australians. The others are allocated pension, non-binding beneficiary, personal super, automatic acceptance limit, unit pricing, risk profile, conditions of release and asset fees. Vicki Doyle, head of superannuation ...

Easier contributions at HESTA

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
The $13 billion industry fund HESTA has eased the way for employers to make super contributions following the implementation of the HESTA Super FileManager. According to a June employer report from the fund, the HESTA Super FileManager is an electronic ...

AGEST Super upgrades insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
AGEST Super has improved the fund's insurance arrangement to members. The latest AGEST Super member newsletter announced that cover levels have been improved for different age groups, members can now transfer existing cover into AGEST Super and members ...

Fund manager pioneers voice technology

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
Aviva Australia has teamed up with technology providers NEC and Salmat VeCommerce to use voice biometrics as a way to service its clients. The partnership means when Aviva's customers call their voice is automatically verified when they say their password. ...

Tower wins Master Super contract

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... Rainmaker Information shows. According to Master Super, one of the reasons why Tower was selected was because of its automatic extension of death cover to age 70. There will be a reduction in overall disability income insurance premiums of around 20 ...

J.P. Morgan teams up with Linear AM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
J.P. Morgan and Linear Asset Management have developed a new SMA that has a built-in and adjustable capital protection feature against volatile markets. Linear AM has launched the Linear Continuously Protected SMA, with the underlying synthetic portfolio ...

Finsuper members flock to new insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... ARF and Finsuper merged to create AustralianSuper three years ago. The new insurance offer includes an increase in the automatic acceptance limits to $800,000 for death and total & permanent disablement (TPD) insurance. The automatic acceptance limits ...