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Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... dangerous precedent," Snowden said. "It is a very slippery slope from there into prescribing appropriate treatment for claimants with other medical conditions where a 'high' portion of the claims are made." Snowden said people were right to be ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... with injury and illness," he said. "The FSC has itself acknowledged that the opportunities for disability insurance claimants to return to work are extremely limited under normal circumstances, let alone under the current economic crisis engulfing Australia." ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... taking longer to return to work after a mental health event," Cummings said. While most causes of claim see average claimants return to work after 12 months, claims for mental health stretch out to 18 months. "Mental health claims tend to take longer ...

IRESS advances surprise bid for OneVue

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... for the Sargon subsidiaries filed evidence in response to the notices of claim," OVH said. "OneVue's, and the other claimants', evidence is due to be filed and served on 12 June 2020, and the matter will return to Court on 15 June 2020. OneVue is unable ...

Court to decide OneVue claim over Sargon sale

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... by the VA, OneVue, Westpac, third parties who have asserted rights over intellectual property assets to be sold. All claimants must submit a notice of claim over the sale proceeds by May 15 2020. The voluntary administrator will respond to the claims ...

ERS at risk of significant delays: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... warned the high number of ineligible claims undermines the policy and could slow down the processing for legitimate claimants. In an update, the ATO said to be eligible a permanent resident must be eligible for a social security payment (jobseeker, youth ...

COVID-19 to push life premiums up: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... ability to manage existing claims hampered by social distancing requirements, the firm also said requirements for existing claimants to prove their ongoing incapacity to work would also need to be relaxed. The firm also warned of a "rise in mental health ...

Purdue bankruptcy vindicates ESG screens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... territories resulted in Purdue contributing all of its assets to a trust or other entity established for the benefit of claimants. The family that owns Purdue, the Sacklers, will contribute $3 billion to the trust. Purdue allegedly had plans to acquire ...

MLC Super updates TPD cover, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... definition changes. This cohort will have their TPD claims assessed under the Any Occupation definition. Before 1 July 2019, claimants were assessed under the Activities of Daily Living definition. MLC Super has written to members communicating the changes ...

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... undertaking an investigation into a potential privacy breach that may have seen sensitive medical information of CommInsure claimants accessed by employees in other departments of the bank. As reported by the ABC earlier today, CBA is investigating whether ...