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HESTA chair seeks PRI board position

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015

Super law changes "political suicide"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... member engagement with superannuation is a double-edged sword, with any changes to the system now considered "political suicide," according to former AMP senior executive - research and technical Rob Thomas. Speaking at the Financial Standard Technical ...

SuperFriend launches mental illness framework

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... Mental Health Commission. It was developed in response to 2014 SuperFriend research, which showed that mental illness and suicide-related issues make up 10% of all insurance claims within super. "Psychological claims are generally one of the most complicated ...

Liquidator appointed in suicide case

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... The complaints, which were also made to the West Australian Police Services Major Fraud Squad, followed the suspected suicide of one of the directors of the companies David Jones, and his wife Jeanette Jones in June this year. ASIC has also obtained ...

Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
APRA has issued the Quarterly Life Insurance Performance Statistics report for the March 2015 quarter, showing net life insurer premiums are at $61.8 billion for the year to 31 March 2015, up from $50 billion in the previous year. Net policy payments ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... with IFS Insurance Solutions, looks at the claims experience of 13 industry super funds relating to death claims due to suicide, and total and permanent disability (TPD) and income protection (IP) claims due to mental illness. SuperFriend used the results ...

Life insurers sponsor mental illness awareness day

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013

MediaSuper makes moves on mental health, joins SuperFriend

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2013
... "SuperFriend is an important industry initiative that helps raise awareness of the impact that mental health issues and suicide has in the community," Media Super chief executive Graeme Russell said. "We welcome Media Super as SuperFriend's newest partner ...

Insurers and super funds tackle costs of mental illness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... million per year for income protection and disablement for mental illness-related claims, and more than $100 million on suicide-related claims. It has also been calculated that an employee suffering from depression - diagnosed or not - costs an employer ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013