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FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... Cancer is still the biggest killer of both men and women, while women are more likely to claim income protection for mental health reasons, according to the Financial Services Council. The FSC said it is using Life Insurance Awareness week as an opportunity ...

Hume calls out ERS fake news

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... insurance on accounts where balances are too low." Hume also suggested that she'd like to see some reform in the way mental health claims are handled by life insurers, acknowledging that COVID-19 was likely to have a serious mental health impact over ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... definitions have a declined claim rate of 60%, whereas only 12% of claims were rejected under standard TPD definitions. In mental health claims cases the numbers were even worse with 77% rejected under ADL definitions. The regulator suggested, but did ...

Australians without advice struggle in pandemic: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... mental and physical health. That's compared to almost half (48.8%) of those surveyed without advisers saying their mental health suffered as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. One in three (33.6%) of those currently advised said their mental health suffered ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... 6.9% currently as he announced a A$534 million support package - "including cash grants for struggling businesses, mental health support for business owners and relief for tourism operators who can no longer work on Melbourne-based visitors for holidays" ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Life insurers are continuing to pay out more for mental health related claims, as Australians take longer to return to work, according to new analysis. The latest edition of KPMG and the Financial Services Council's five year study on life insurance ...

Financial services demands more mental health support

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
COVID-19 has caused an uptick in the demand for access to mental health and wellbeing training for the employees of financial services firms, according to SuperFriend. New analysis by the wealth management industry's mental health partner reveals a ...

SuperFriend refreshes leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
An AustralianSuper group executive has been added to the leadership of the wealth management industry's mental health partner, SuperFriend. AustralianSuper group executive of membership Rose Kerlin has joined the board of SuperFriend, following the ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... comments attributed to the eight workers, the report considered the ways in which financial institutions impact workers mental health. "I often cry at work. I've had mild panic attacks. I feel exhausted. I often drink a lot after work," one worker was ...

Client drags advice firm, advisers to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... October, citing limitation of cross-examination during forced video proceedings as a result of COVID-19 and then mental health conditions of one of the defendants. However, a New South Wales Supreme Court judge dismissed the most recent application yesterday ...