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Spirit Super drops fees after merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... raised their insurance premiums. MTAA increased its group insurance premiums twice; and Tasplan increased its income protection premiums in September 2020 by 7% ahead of the merger. MTAA attributed its February 2021 premium hike to COVID-19 and government ...

Risk inflows stagnant, satisfaction varies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... 10,000 directly held life insurance policyholders that have life insurance or various types of risk insurance income protection insurance, disability insurance, accidental death insurance, and trauma or critical injury insurance.

LGIAsuper overhauls insurance, closes product

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... for professional weekly per unit. LGIA will also remove the insurance fee of 1% charges on all death, TPD and income protection premiums from 1 May 2021. Additionally, the industry fund said it will close its MySuper Lifecycle investment option and instead ...

AustralianSuper introduces insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... sector members will pay 0.4% more. A 45-year-old member for example, will pay $10.95 in total for death ($3.45), income protection ($5.65) and TPD ($1.85) cover per week, which includes a nine-cent increase per week or $4.68 extra per year. A 25-year-old ...

Court makes orders in ASIC versus TAL

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... December 2019 case against TAL, which stems from a Royal Commission case study. The matter relates to a TAL income protection customer, who in January 2014 made a claim on her policy after being diagnosed with cervical cancer. TAL voided her policy ...

Industry fund ups life insurance premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... as provided by OnePath will go up on April 1. Premiums were last increased on 1 July 2019, and premiums for income protection are not changing, the fund noted. Members aged between 35 and 64 years old with default cover will see their premium go up 33.6% ...

MTAA Super increases premiums amid merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... changes (up or down) will be occurring at different ages," the spokesperson said. There are also changes to income protection premiums for MTAA members. From 1 April 2021, income protection costs will be calculated as an annual cost per $100 of Spirit ...

PPS Mutual offers new IP solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
PPS Mutual has launched an income protection underwriting offering for newly qualified professionals starting out in their career. The Professional Choice offer will enable newly qualified professionals to increase their monthly income protection benefit ...

Super fund ousts ethical manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... years of continuous LGIAsuper membership and milestone birthdays. Members can also now apply for an increase in income protection cover due to a Life Event. "The enhanced insurance offerings will not only improve our services but create better member ...

MTAA, Tasplan reveal new brand

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... among the reasons. MTAA Super runs its default superannuation product as single strategy. T asplan raised its income protection premiums by 7.3% as at end of September 2020. MTAA also increased its death and TPD premiums in February 2020, attributing ...