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FSC to ban occupational exclusions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... superannuation and life insurance members for all default cover for life insurance, total and permanent disability and income protection insurance in MySuper and choice products. It comes as consultation on a review of occupational exclusions is due ...

PFAN appoints chair, deputy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021
... have a deep personal understanding of this as my dad was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis many years ago. An income protection policy changed his financial future. This is why I am passionate about leading PFAN and the work we do to support the MS community." ...

MLC Life refreshes income protection offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
MLC Life Insurance is offering a new range of income protection insurance products following research from customer, adviser and licensees. Income Assure and Income Assure+ will be available from October 1 and allows most clients to have the maximum ...

Consumers lose out on IP changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
Almost one third of Australians don't know what income protection covers and could potentially lose out from the significant life insurance reforms that are just days away. This is according to a survey from comparison website Finder, which canvassed ...

TAL releases income protection range

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
Life insurer TAL launched three new offerings that aim to address fairness and sustainability of income protection products. Income Protection Enhance, Income Protection Focus, and Income Protection Assist are the three new products available from today. ...

ClearView launches risk product suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021
... works, ClearView Wealth unveiled a new suite of life insurance products that come with significant changes to income protection. ClearView ClearChoice aims to address the shortcomings in existing solutions and meet the evolving needs of customers, advisers ...

IDII pitfalls advisers should avoid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... advice. Cameron has seen a fair number of complaints about unexpected costs and affordability associated with income protection products and step premiums - which are as common as complaints about whether advice received was the right advice irrespective ...

Higher premiums a problem, not a trend: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... year on year we've had to support advisers and we acknowledge the burden that has." Mu acknowledged that income protection (IP) premiums will continue to increase and AIA is closing that book. "As you know, AIA launched its new retail IP core product ...

Zurich, OnePath cover vaccine side-effects

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... eligible for a payment of up to $50,000 on top of their death or total & permanent disability (TPD) benefit. Income protection policyholders may also be eligible for payment during their standard waiting period in the event they are hospitalised for ...

Cbus changes insurance premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... unavoidable for some members, we've been able to negotiate a decrease for others." The fund is also improving its income protection offering, including extending cover to blue collar workers in its manual and electech categories. It's also now offering ...