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Industry fund to increase premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A $5.6 billion superannuation fund will increase insurance premiums as part of the Protecting Your Super changes after recently reducing costs for members. From 1 August 2019, EISS Super members will pay more for death and TPD cover, and death only ...

Putting Members' Interests First Bill reintroduced

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
Legislation that prevents trustees from providing opt-out insurance to new members under 25 and low balance account holders was reintroduced in Parliament overnight. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019, which was ...

APRA warns trustees on PYSP deadline breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... demonstrable adverse financial effect on the member, such as products that are already fully paid up or currently non-premium paying, whole of life and endowment products, and certain legacy products," APRA said.

MLC Super updates TPD cover, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
MLC Super has changed the way it assesses total and permanent disablement (TPD) claims for all working members from 1 July 2019. For members who have worked for 13 months before lodging a claim, MLC Super will determine if the member is unable to work ...

Modern slavery rife across sectors: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... makes more sense finding alpha in companies trying to improve their ESG strategies [and as a result that could] lead to premium valuations," he said. This 'social' component of ESG is often perceived as intangible for many investors. Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Super fund introduces further group insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
A $15 billion superannuation fund is making several changes to its group insurance offering in addition to the July 1 changes, which will see some members pay more for cover. CareSuper is moving from a unit-based cover for standard death and TPD insurance ...

Reforms see super fees in flux

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
The PYS package, effective today, has forced the sector to consider changes to fee structures and group insurance premiums. With the package set to cap the amount of fees that can be charged to low-balance members and divert low-balance accounts deemed ...

Sunsuper slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
The $67 billion superannuation fund is reducing some of its fees as part of the Protecting Your Super changes. From July 1, Sunsuper is slashing weekly fees for pension members from $3.00 to $1.50. It will also reduce investment fees for its default ...

Group insured, advised clients better off

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
A joint-project on life insurance claims and disputes has revealed group insured and advised clients are better off when it comes to life policies. Just the second publication to use the full data set from ASIC and APRA's initiative since its launch ...

Industry funds up premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
Members of two industry superannuation funds will be paying higher group insurance premiums from next week as the Protecting Your Super changes kick into gear. GuildSuper and Childcare Super, which are part of the $1.7 billion Guild Retirement Fund ...