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The challenges of modern estate planning

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... household member; and finally, a person who was in a "close personal relationship" with the deceased at the time of their death: this can be two adults, not necessarily related, not married or in a de facto relationship, where both live together and ...

Cbus slashes insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... super fund Cbus has signed a new insurance deal with TAL that will see premiums decrease substantially. Premiums per unit of death and TPD cover for most members will go down by 25%, while for 15 to 44-year-old manual labour members; cover per unit of ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... has pledged to lock the reductions until 2020. From 1 July 2017, Hostplus members will receive at least a 6% reduction to Death and Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) premiums. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said this saving is the second consecutive ...

Advisers must seek alternative estate planning options: Austock

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... client's Will, but can facilitate the passing of proceeds to intended beneficiaries well after the date of the investor's death. Austock continues: "A bond can be structured to achieve intergenerational wealth transfers by using the multiple Life Insured ...

Review life insurance ahead of super reforms: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... "For permanent disability pensions, it may depend on whether insurance is offered in accumulation or pension phase. If a death benefit pension is paid, it may depend on who receives the pension, what type of death benefit pension it is, how many beneficiaries ...

AMP improves life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
... in-built 'buy back' feature allows customers to reinstate linked life insurance cover 12 months after a total permanent and death (TPD) claim without providing additional medical information. Customers can also apply for a TPD sum insured higher than ...

Zurich revamps life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... select a combination of life insurances and ownership structures, which includes benefits such as income protection, TPD, death, business expenses and child cover. Together with Wealth Protection, Zurich's on-sale range includes its severity-based Active ...

Super reforms hit parliament

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... balance cap if there has been investment growth. Breckon added the amendments do not include changes to the start date of the death benefit rollover provisions, which were in the exposure draft bill, or any amendments to include the outstanding debt ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... of knowledge behind insurance within their super. Stewart added: "One in five Australian families will be impacted by the death of a parent, or a serious accident or illness resulting in that parent being unable to work. Without insurance inside super ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... approach to employer superannuation through its MySuper option which is a white label of LESF MySuper - meaning it offers group death, TPD and income protection insurance and can accept Super Guarantee contributions. Hannover is their insurance partner. ...