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ING upgrades OneCare

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... further to include a complete end-to-end flexible questionnaire to allow more cleanskins, or people that don't require medical checks, to be written faster. The system also allows for electronic signatures and supporting documents can now be attached ...

Pearce calls for trauma in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Friday, Pearce said it is time to consider including trauma in superannuation. "Trauma benefits are generally used to pay medical costs and recovery. They can also be used for the payment of lifestyle adjustments which may be needed to a person's home ...

AMP moves into direct super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... level cover insurance of up to $250,000. Customers only need to fill in an online survey to qualify for the cover and no medical test is required. The product is commission free. Customers in the balanced fund pay a 65 basis point per annum fee and those ...

PIS partners with health advisory service

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has aligned with medical organisation Health Predictions in a joint venture to provide specialist medical assessments for large sums assured and high net worth clients. The new service is designed to arrange specialist ...

AXA upgrades insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... According to AXA head of individual life insurance Stephen Rosengren, the latest initiative involves updating the mandatory medical underwriting requirements for life, income protection and total and permanent disability plans by raising the level of ...

Zurich upgrades insurance suite

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... payment earlier when someone is diagnosed with certain illnesses and the income replacement policy now covers 38 different medical conditions. To ensure financial planners are comfortable with the improvements and the product, the firm launched new quote ...

Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... is now suffering from its greed-infected wounds, he may not have long to wait. Despite all the technological advances, medical discoveries and billions of money poured into Africa over so many decades - if not generations -- majority of the countries ...

Higher fees, more cover: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... its Total & Permanent Disability Cover (TPD) and interim accident cover. For example, members suffering from specified medical conditions may now be eligible to apply for a benefit without having to wait the usual six months after ceasing employment. ...

Subsidise financial advice: Shiller

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... them as they were getting "advice" from the sales brokers that sold them the home loans. "The same way we get subsidised medical advice...financial advice is just as important," he said. He also recommended home equity insurance products, where an insurance ...

Wide Bay tags Aviva insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... $500,000, with an optional Total and Permanent Disablement component. Clients who apply for the cover won't need to undergo medical examinations or blood tests. The insurance said insurance coverage will be immediate, via an online form, with six questions ...