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Vision Super names new life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... genuine claim, we want to help them stay healthy, and help them recover and return to work if they do get sick or have an accident," he said. "We're a values-based fund. Our members are at the heart of everything we do. We wanted great value insurance ...

Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Australia received the Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award for American Express Funeral Advantage; OnePath Life won the Accident Cover Award; NobleOak Life received the TPD Award, while the Income Protection Award went to Suncorp Life for its Mystyle ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Mental health is an issue growing across Australia and the financial services industry is responding. AMP recently refreshed its mental health training program for financial advisers and the content now exceeds the minimum standards set by the Financial ...

TAL maintains life insurance market lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... Australia received the Funeral Cover Level Premiums Award for American Express Funeral Advantage; OnePath Life won the Accident Cover Award; NobleOak Life received the TPD Award, while the Income Protection Award went to Suncorp Life for its Mystyle ...

AFA launches mental health service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers has partnered with one of Australia's largest providers of employment assistance programs to help its membership with mental health support services. AFA Care is a partnership with Davidson Trahaire Corpsych and ...

Hollywood star supports FCA complaints campaign

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... mortgages, car financing and overdrafts. PPI was designed to cover certain repayments in the event of a redundancy, an accident, illness, disability or death. More than £27.4 billion ($44.4b) has already been paid out to customers since the FCA introduced ...

Freedom Insurance flags acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
On the back of reporting strong FY17 results, Freedom Insurance Group announced it is looking to strengthen its position in the life insurance market by expanding into new products and potential acquisitions. The life insurance products developer and ...

Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
Advisers need to be clear on the key differences between environmental, social and governance (ESG) factor based investing and socially responsible investing (SRI) if they are going to remain helpful to clients. Speaking to Financial Standard, Nikko ...

Cbus slashes insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... manual members and 44% to TPD for non-manual and Professional members Income protection: premiums for income protection accident only cover for sole traders down by 44% TPD (aged 15-44): cover per unit of TPD increasing between 20%-100% for industry ...

MetLife raises bar on group insurance awareness

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... their super. Stewart added: "One in five Australian families will be impacted by the death of a parent, or a serious accident or illness resulting in that parent being unable to work. Without insurance inside super, the vast majority of working Australians ...