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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2011
... lost in nuclear power," he said. Japan is racing to avert a meltdown of two reactors at a quake-hit nuclear plant as the death toll from the disaster on the ravaged northeast coast is forecast to exceed 10,000. An explosion at the ageing Fukushima atomic ...

StatewideSuper upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
StatewideSuper has upgraded its income protection and death and total permanent disability (TPD) insurance cover for all existing members. The new upgrades will provide members with higher default cover and the option to take advantage of occupation ...

Proposed reforms could hurt insurance levels: AFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2011
... pay upfront fees. "We are calling on Mr. Shorten to work with us to help protect consumers against the financial impact of death or disaster and to resist tinkering with a remuneration system which is not broken," Klipin said. He said underinsurance ...

Telstra Super upgrades insurance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
... eligible members of the Telstra Super Personal Plus, Telstra Super Corporate Plus and Sensis Super Plus plans, with additional Death or Death and Total & Permanent Disablement (TPD) cover now available to those facing specified life events. Members with ...

Smarter annuities can plug retirement savings gap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... impediments to life insurance companies offering deferred annuities with a guaranteed income stream between retirement and death could be one such step, he added.

Westscheme merges with AustralianSuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2011
... deliver to Westscheme members include higher insurance cover. Around 97 per cent of members will have a higher level of Death and TPD cover - up as much as 36 per cent - while automatic acceptance levels will also increase 10 times. On performance, AustralianSuper ...

Queensland funds offer members help

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... life-altering events such as the floods - are also available. ESI Super and SPEC Super are also focusing on income protection and death and TPD insurance, particularly for those working in the energy sector who face substantial workloads in potentially-dangerous ...

AIA wins $160m Sunsuper mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... Australia's biggest group insurer after clinching a $160 million contract with Sunsuper. AIA replaces Suncorp Life to provide death, disablement and income protection insurance cover to over one million members of the $15 billion-plus Sunsuper. Metlife ...

LUCRF simplifies insurance for more cover

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... of next month. By completing the form and returning it, members might be automatically eligible for a total of 4 units of Death & TPD cover, or 6 units of Death Only cover. By contrast, the fund's current default cover gives members 1 unit of Standard ...

HOSTPLUS improves insurance, maintains fees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... enhanced insurance cover options for members from 1 December 2010 including adjustments to the benefit scales and premiums of Death and Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance. Finally, the fund has launched a new investment option on the retail ...