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Finsuper members flock to new insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... AustralianSuper three years ago. The new insurance offer includes an increase in the automatic acceptance limits to $800,000 for death and total & permanent disablement (TPD) insurance. The automatic acceptance limits for income protection for up to ...

NAB Super introduces binding death benefits

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
Members of the $3.1 billion corporate fund NAB Group Superannuation Fund can now apply for binding death benefit nominations. The fund, which said in March that it was considering introducing the benefit, are now allowing members to provide the fund ...

Zurich expands Life Risk team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... revamping the firm's software to allow financial advisers to write insurance faster. Among the changes include reduced fees on death cover and the premium for TPD insurance. The group's insurance suite now covers parents and carers.

More than just insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... learning design and development of AXA Australia, said properly handling grief and the emotional states of clients faced with a death is a crucial skill that has to be learned by financial advisers. "Part of the claims process is about dealing with grief ...

They will, they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2009
It'll be another case of "will they, won't they" today as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its regular monthly Board meeting. Will they, won't they? The RBA lowered the country's official cash rate to an even 3 per cent last month. This represented ...

Industry backs Lifewise campaign

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... campaign coincides with new research from IFSA that found Australian families received an average payout of just $91,000 on the death of a partner last year. This is just one of many examples of how underinsured Australians are, he said. "Most Australians ...

Pearce calls for trauma in super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... Chris Pearce, has called for trauma insurance to be included in superannuation. Currently, life insurance policies such as death and total and permanent disability (TPD) are allowable benefits in superannuation, however trauma is not because the insurance ...

MLC improves Business Super insurance

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
MLC has improved the firm's MasterKey Business Super insurance by extending the insurable age, adding automatic death, total and permanent disability (TPD) cover and refining income protection definitions. The enhanced insurance means members can access ...

Rio Tinto Super adds Alcan Gove members

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2009
... any restrictions that applied to cover under the Alcan Gove Plan - including cover for pre-existing conditions. Binding death nominations will be put in place and members will have the options to invest in a Transition to Retirement Pension if their ...

Sick of swines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
Wall Street must be at home sick with the flu last night. The S&P 500 and the Dow barely budged at the same time that news of more infections traveled around the globe. Perhaps the swines are just taking advantage of cheaper plane tickets and accommodations ...