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Military to get defined contribution super scheme

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... Defence Force. The fully-funded accumulation plan has an employer contribution rate of 16.4% and is underpinned by a new death and invalidity scheme - ADF Cover - which the government said "continues to recognise the unique nature of military service." ...

Funeral bonds on the minds of advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... make sure those left behind don't have the additional stress of having to find the money for a funeral, particularly if a death is sudden or unexpected. She added the Bendigo Funeral Bond, offered by AFS, is a capital-guaranteed savings and investment ...

Bloomberg partners with DFAT for health program

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... one of the greatest opportunities we have to help people live longer, healthier lives. The more we know about causes of death and illness, the better we can target resources and measure progress. "By coordinating global efforts, working with committed ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... just that when he wrote in a letter to shareholders in February 2014, explaining what should be done with his estate on his death. "My advice to the trustee couldn't be more simple," he wrote. "Put 10% of the cash in short-term government bonds and 90% ...

Federation Alliance launches Federation Super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... individual retirement objectives. "Federation Super's estate planning features include reversionary and non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations, and it provides access to a selection of insurers for retail individual life insurance policies." David ...

ANZ rings in insurance updates

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... simplicity, and the relationship between financial advisers and their clients. From today customers at OneCare who have combined death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover for more than $1.5 million will receive a 10% policy discount. ANZ Wealth ...

IOOF announces group insurance mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... process by Rice Warner; in a statement, IOOF said this process led to "significant premium rate reductions" clients with death (and death-plus-TPD) cover and income protection cover. Commenting on the decision, IOOF head of product Chris Weldon said ...

Life insurance balancing APRA priorities with increased profit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... million. There was improvement in results for individual (non-super) disability income insurance and group lump sum business (death and TPD business through super). Operating expenses have remained relatively stable. In the year to March 2016, there ...

Police super a budget beneficiary

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... paid additional tax on their voluntary concessional super contributions as a result of changes to payment structures in a death and disability scheme introduced in 2012. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison did not say how much the four-year transitional ...

Sunsuper overhauls TPD cover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... added the new tailored product "means that most of our members will see an average reduction of 15% in their combined annual death and TPD Assist premiums." This will work by reducing current TPD rates by about 30%, and partially offset by an approximate ...