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Manchester Unity moves to life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2008
... MetLife Insurance have joined forces to develop a life insurance policy, Simple Life, which includes up to $1 million in death and terminal illness cover. Designed exclusively for Manchester Unity members, Simple Life, includes a 100 per cent benefit ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... markets. "The world's largest economy, the United States, has a number of glaring failures on the human rights front - the death sentence, Guantanamo and its huge prison population are three that spring to mind," he said. However, Hunter Hall does have ...

ING upgrades OneAnswer

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... offer for processing applications has been expanded to include interim accidental TPD on top of the existing accidental death cover. The maximum insurance commission for advisers has increased by five per cent to 27.5 per cent at no extra cost to clients. ...

Industry and public fund members complain less: SCT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... complaints. Reynolds said more effort was required to ensure fee structures are transparent and clearly understood by consumers. Death complaints represented the largest portion of complaints, with the majority concerning the distribution of benefits. ...

First State Super boosts insurance by two-thirds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... requirements," he said. The improvements came into effect at the beginning of this month by increasing the automatic basic death and total and permanent disablement cover from one to three units. In a major move however, members can opt-out or wind down ...

Women priced out of life insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... recognise the importance of their contribution to their household income. "Although none of us like to think about accidents or death, it is frightening to realise that almost 2.5 million families are open to the risk of financial hardship if either ...

Comminsure motors along

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... it gave Comminsure greater flexibility in designing the product. The revamped car insurance package includes accidental death cover and baby seat cover. Comminsure is number one in the group life insurance market and has a reputation for aggressive pricing ...

IOOF improves insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
IOOF has taken the bold step of automatically arranging up to $200,000 of death, total and permanent disablement cover for non-insured members and increasing the insurance cover of existing members by up to 30 per cent. Starting next year, members are ...

BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... premiums. Life insurance is also available through the fund with premiums charged relative to age with the option to upgrade to death and salary cover. "Given the tax advantages, recent legislation changes to super law and access to group cover with ...

SPEC(Q) delivers electrifying returns

... million in twelve months. Among the board's initiatives were doubling the benefits for members aged 35 to 55 under a new death and TPD insurance arrangement. The fund has also replaced its allocated and market linked pensions with two new account based ...