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Lying rife in life insurance applications

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... research, Rice Warner showed that underinsurance costs the government $57 million for life insurance and $1.26 billion for TPD; people without life cover or who are underinsured are more likely to draw on welfare. The report said life insurance provides ...

FSC launches DDO templates

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... design and distribution of products. Templates are available for life insurance; income protection insurance; trauma insurance; TPD insurance; superannuation master trusts (choice products); superannuation wraps; funds management (covering ETPs and LICs) ...

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... will increase the cost of its standard life insurance cover by 13.1% from August 1. The standard cover includes death and TPD. As an example, a 34-year-old male member of BT Super for Life previously paid $11.41 each month for one unit of cover ($100,000). ...

Life insurance drives economy: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... Warner research also showed that underinsurance costs the government $57 million for life insurance and $1.26 billion for TPD;people without life cover or who are underinsured are more likely to draw on welfare. The report said life insurance provides ...

Concern for consumers ahead of YFYS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... Under the reforms, workers will have one default fund that follows them from job to job. "Some total and permanent disability (TPD) and life insurance policies are industry or employer specific," Slater and Gordon practice group leader Sarah Snowden ...

Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... services based in Melbourne, informed members in its accumulation plan that the cost of death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover will increase. Death per unit cost increased from $0.525 to $0.5450 (up 4%). Death and TPD per unit cost increased ...

PPS Mutual launches member offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... a current income protection policy with PPS Mutual can now apply to add or increase life, total and permanent disability (TPD) or trauma cover without providing medical evidence. Under this offer, members can receive maximum life cover and TPD cover ...

Media Super ups fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... cover has also switched from 30 days/five years to 60 days/two years, with the new default costing $0.98 per week. Death and TPD cover will increase by three basis points, death only by two basis points and additional TPD units by one. Media Super's ...

Adviser-led TPD claim admittance rates fall

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
New data from APRA and ASIC shows 81% of adviser-led TPD claims were admitted in 2020, down from 87% two years ago. The joint claims data published by APRA and ASIC included death, total and permanent disability (TPD), trauma, and disability income ...

LGIAsuper overhauls insurance, closes product

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... as 'white collar' and professional will remain the same. Under the changes the cost of death only cover will decrease while TPD cover will increase. From 1 May 2021, members declared blue collar will see their TPD cover premium increase from $1.32 to ...