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Lying rife in life insurance applications

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... life insurance and $1.26 billion for TPD; people without life cover or who are underinsured are more likely to draw on welfare. The report said life insurance provides an alternative, self-funded source of support for people and therefore can have a ...

Life insurance drives economy: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... society, particularly taxpayers. The latest budget showed the government's largest budget item was social security and welfare at 33.9%. Rice Warner research also showed that underinsurance costs the government $57 million for life insurance and ...

SG Hiscock introduces medical tech fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... added. "Through its investments in Australian medical technology and innovation, the fund will actively contribute to the welfare of future generations as well as donating a portion of management fees to Australian medical research and commercialisation," ...

Adviser ETF use grows

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... groups. The most pressing ethical issues for clients when it comes to responsible investing were cited as weapons and animal welfare (37%) and environmental issues (33%). "We have seen tremendous take-up in our ethical ETFs since we launched our first ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... with the current demand from its 340,000 users, according to figures published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, has reached crisis point. This has been exacerbated by weaknesses exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... since March 2020. This is good news for the Morrison government which just ended JobKeeper and coronavirus supplements to welfare recipients on March 28. It's still early days, but recent indications are that negative repercussions - particularly ...

Chief economist update: Confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... year to 4.5% in the year 2021, which I'm pretty sure factored in the end of JobKeeper and coronavirus supplements to welfare recipients at the end of this month. She'll be right, mate! COVID-19 - and its variants - have been virtually vapourised ...

Stimulus, ERS boost financial comfort

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... a significant easing in the comfort of households with low comfort levels over the six months to December. "Government welfare assistance and wage subsidies have significantly supported incomes and, in some cases, significantly temporarily increased ...

Age pension spending to rise: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... make the legislated increases opt-in would increase taxes and leave taxpayers on the hook for tens of billions in extra welfare spending," ISA said. "As more people retire without the benefit of the legislated super boost, pension costs climb up billions ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... attempts to prevent future zootonic (originating from animals) pandemics by assessing worker safety, food safety, animal welfare and antibiotic stewardship. Many of the high risk companies on the index are based in China. However, Australian companies ...