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Death and TPD dominate Super Complaints Tribunal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
More than half of all complaints made to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal in the December quarter related to death and disability insurance claims. Death benefit disputes made up 32.2% of complaints, while disability related disputes, including ...

Gen Ys engaged with life insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... compared to just 14% for GenX and 17% for baby boomers. At the same time, only 12% did it motivated by a real life story of death, illness or accident. "These results reveal that more of our youngest adults are 'making their own decision' to take out ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... in 2010 with the social unrest stick back in 2010. Remember that? That was time when the 'experts' loudly predicted the death knell for the economy if growth falls from double-digit rates to below 8% because it would create massive job loss and then...yes ...

AustSuper denies member exploitation of group insurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... client, AustralianSuper. In particular, there is a concern that people already suffering from a condition that could lead to death or total and permanent disability (TPD) are being advised to join AustralianSuper with the specific intention of making ...

MLC named as insurer for Qantas's MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... appears to be a response to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) requirement that all MySuper products offer death and total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance on an opt-out basis. Both Qantas Super and MLC said that they were ...

Bad estate planning advice is getting clients in trouble

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... while good estate planning can save a lot of money." Stoddart explained that the most common problems are invalid binding death benefit nominations because they are undated or not witnessed properly. "The nomination has to be in writing, appropriately ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
... after work safety agency Comcar announced it would launch a Federal Court case against subsidiary John Holland over the death of a worker on Brisbane's Airport Link toll road.

Survivor: the Philippines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
"The thing that a lot of people cannot comprehend is that Mother Nature doesn't have a bullet with your name on it, she has millions of bullets inscribed with 'to whom it may concern". (unknown) The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that wrought deaths and disaster ...

TPD insurance prices up 10%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... cover is on average cheaper than the equivalent cover in the retail and direct insurance market. The average pricing for a death only cover of $200,000 for 40 year old men in the wholesale market is an annual premium of about $120. But the pricing goes ...

MetLife poised to enter DLA market

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... not met with a lot of success in the US," he said, largely because if you die before benefitting from the DLA, you get no death benefits. For this reason, he said deferred income annuities (DIAs) that provide more flexibility in when they commence, as ...