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COVID-19 to push life premiums up: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... ability to manage existing claims hampered by social distancing requirements, the firm also said requirements for existing claimants to prove their ongoing incapacity to work would also need to be relaxed. The firm also warned of a "rise in mental health ...

Purdue bankruptcy vindicates ESG screens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... territories resulted in Purdue contributing all of its assets to a trust or other entity established for the benefit of claimants. The family that owns Purdue, the Sacklers, will contribute $3 billion to the trust. Purdue allegedly had plans to acquire ...

MLC Super updates TPD cover, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... definition changes. This cohort will have their TPD claims assessed under the Any Occupation definition. Before 1 July 2019, claimants were assessed under the Activities of Daily Living definition. MLC Super has written to members communicating the changes ...

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... undertaking an investigation into a potential privacy breach that may have seen sensitive medical information of CommInsure claimants accessed by employees in other departments of the bank. As reported by the ABC earlier today, CBA is investigating whether ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... Following an appearance by TAL's general manager of claims Loraine van Eeden, the insurer was slammed for bullying claimants and using private investigators to spy on them in an effort to avoid paying out. It was conduct that van Eeden herself agreed ...

MetLife partners with industry fund for digital tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... According to the life insurer, income protection claims on its new platform can take less than 15 minutes to complete. Claimants are able to log in and track the progress of their claim at anytime and anywhere, with a dedicated claims manager handling ...

TAL to boost adviser underwriting knowledge

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... The program is designed to improve customer and employee mental health by educating claims managers on the goals of claimants, while TAL people leaders are undergoing training designed to equip them with the tools required to support their teams and ...

TAL bolsters senior leadership

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... improve customer and employee mental health. Claims managers will receive training on how best to understand the goals of claimants by utilising strength-based, outcome-focused techniques. The programs are based on a framework designed by national mental ...

Life insurance data improving: Regulators

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... advised cover outperformed the admittance rate of individual non-advised cover in every instance. Individual non-advised claimants suffered particularly lower admittance in TPD cover, registering 67% while group was admitted at an 84% rate, with individual-advised ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... a time of increasing complexity, and the effects of social isolation on those unexpectedly left unable to work. Many claimants cease work due to a physical condition, then remain out of the workforce as a result of consequential mental-health impacts," ...