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FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... requiring further and more comprehensive "health questions", and excluding more "pre-existing conditions" including occupational hazards, suicides and pandemics. Despite APRA's reservations, the group insurance industry seems to be performing relatively ...

Altius fund added to netwealth platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... animal testing for cosmetic purposes; having unacceptable environmental management practices; or having unacceptable occupational health and safety practices. Since inception in November 2014, the Fund has returned 3.05% (as at 30 June 2015).

AIA renews commitment with SuperFriend

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... insurance industry, estimated to cost around $160 million dollars a year in income protection and disability claims. "Occupational rehabilitation has been a huge focus for us as a business, and we've conducted significant trials in this space to establish ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... than group insurance generally. This conforms with APRA's explicit recommendation in its letter to exclude further "occupational hazards" from TPD cover, which has resulted in significant tightening of the definition of what is covered. Part of the reason ...

Life insurer premiums up amid group policy concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... requiring further and more comprehensive "health questions", and excluding more "pre-existing conditions" including occupational hazards, suicides and pandemics. However, the regulator cautioned against insurers choosing to "simply take a 'harder line' ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... proposal for a fiduciary advice standard is being pushed by the US Department of Labor (DOL) in its authority overseeing occupational retirement funds subject to the ERISA legislation. Lisa Bleier, managing director for public policy and advocacy at ...

Details of new SMSF accreditation revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... strategies for accumulation and retirement; and for the fourth module students choose one elective from a choice of four occupational options.

Employee rehabilitation key to reduce claims costs: AIA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... Australia into the life insurance rehabilitation and return to work (RTW) process called 'Principles for Best Practice in Occupational Rehabilitation' has identified six principles that insurers should adopt to deliver better results for superfunds ...

Niche funds have their advantages: legalsuper CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... niche funds have an advantage. "This is a really tangible example of the extra benefits a fund that specialises in an occupational group can provide its members. The reality is if our members were in a multi-occupation fund they would not have a freeze ...

HESTA named Super Fund of the Year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... add to this pressure as will the reality of how self-managed super is forcing funds to confront whether they are occupational pension funds or retail wealth managers," said Rainmaker managing director Christopher Page; SelectingSuper is Rainmaker's superannuation ...