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Zurich revamps life insurance products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... upgrade since acquiring Macquarie Life. The insurer announced it will reduce rates for term, and total and permanent disablement (TPD) products, make a SmartValue bundling discount available, and enhance its flagship Wealth Protection suite. For TPD ...

ASIC targets NAB super after compliance breakdown

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... and MLC MasterKey Personal Super. Other highlighted issues involved changes made to death and total and permanent disablement insurance in both products. The risk management breakdown comprised inadequate disclosure of insurance changes, policies not ...

AustralianSuper lends muscle to big employers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... Solutions arm was born. Under Business Solutions, businesses can select default salary based death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) and income protection insurance policies across multiple employee categories; and they now have the option to ...

MySuper insurance widely misunderstood

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... depending on the circumstances a member finds themselves, potentially some sort of lump sum in a scenario where permanent disablement has become evident," she added. Navarro pushed for consistency and clarity from all insurers as to every aspect of cover. ...

Industry fund inks MetLife mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... super to cover the people whose health precludes them working through to retirement age due to total and permanent disablement, or to provide support to members' families in the case of death. "We understand that insurance through superannuation is often ...

Zurich restructures retail life insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
Zurich has restructured its retail life insurance services, including reducing term and total and permanent disablement rates. The changes have been designed to accommodate the new life insurance framework which commences in July 2016. In addition to ...

Sunsuper renews AIA mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... extend its partnership with AIA Australia to 2020. As a result, AIA will continue to provide death, total permanent disablement and income protection insurance to Sunsuper members beyond the original July 2016 deadline. Explaining the decision, Sunsuper ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... included reducing "opt-in" offers that don't require a health check-up, tightening the definition of Total and Permanent Disablement, grading TPD payments on "severity", requiring further and more comprehensive "health questions", and excluding more ...

Hostplus brings insurance fees down

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
From tomorrow Hostplus members will see a 3% insurance premium decrease across death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) products. The premium decrease follows negotiations and a recent partnership renewal between Hostplus and global life insurance ...

Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... including reducing "opt-in" offers that don't require a health check-up, tightening the definition of Total and Permanent Disablement, grading TPD payments on "severity", requiring further and more comprehensive "health questions", and excluding more ...