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TAL wins life company award for 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... Advisers' 2021 Life Company of the Year Award for the fifth consecutive year. TAL also won the Overall Platinum and Income Protection categories. NEOS Life took home four awards for Service Quality, Trauma, Underwriting and Business Support. AIA Australia ...

Hostplus, Statewide provide merger details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... four units of default cover in the Active occupation category will now pay $12.70 a week for death, TPD and income protection. Previously they paid $12.52. In integrating the insurance arrangements, Hostplus will reduce the insurance administration fee ...

AvSuper names insurer, premiums rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... from $1.70 a week to $2. Premiums for fixed voluntary cover will also rise. There is no change to premiums for income protection, and changes differ across the occupation categories of heavy, light blue, white collar and professional. AvSuper said the ...

Budget Direct, NobleOak partner for life insurance offering

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... customers who pay for the Premium Life Direct policy. The policy includes life, total and permanent disability, income protection and trauma. Budget Direct chief growth officer Jonathan Kerr said customers will have "access to a range of high-quality ...

Industry fund cuts premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... its insurance premiums by more than 17%. REI Super informed members premium rates will decrease by 17.5% for income protection and 3.3% for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance. "We continuously work with our insurer MetLife and have ...

APRA hones in on post-retirement products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
APRA is adamant that retirement income products will not suffer the same fate as income protection insurance as it looks to tighten its belt in regulating the post-retirement phase. The prudential regulator's deputy chair Helen Rowell spoke of the ...

ClearView, Manulife to launch retirement products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... value. Elsewhere, ClearView launched a new suite of life insurance products that come with significant changes to income protection and aim to address the shortcomings in existing solutions and meet the evolving needs of customers, advisers, and regu ...

MLC Life expands retail distribution leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... we make to our customers and business partners." The appointments follow the recent launch of MLC Life's new income protection offering, the Income Assure and Income Assure+ products.

Plan For Life names insurance award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... Award, Trauma Rider Award and Customer Service Award while the Trauma Standalone Award went to HCF Life and the Income Protection Award was handed to Insuranceline. The award for Accidental Injury went to HCF Life and Suncorp won the Funeral Cover Award. ...

MetLife upgrades adviser platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
... to regulatory and product changes that took effect this month. Key product changes follow APRA's reforms to income protection which kicked off in October. The platform delivers on the reforms without disrupting an adviser's ability to quote and apply ...