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When insurance matters

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007
... under control, which wasn't the case. "When I saw what he had, I was very worried. His cover consisted of $1 million in death benefits and had some serious financial shortcomings," said Lisa. Lisa and her partner David, who is also a planner, said the ...

CFS Employer Super doubles to $4bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... improved its offerings employers to include MBF personal health insurance and, subject to eligibility, an increase in maximum death benefits from $5 million to unlimited. John Clothier, head of corporate superannuation at Colonial First State, said their ...

Simpler Super needs tune-up: Zurich

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... needed to be clearer. The superannuation apathy in those under the age of 40, discrimination within super in regards to death benefits and a need for greater flexibility for those hindered by financial responsibilities early in life all needed further ...

AMP SignatureSuper gets personal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... superannuation while still working," Healy said. The Personal Allocated Pension allows estate planning with beneficiaries of death payments payable from the account. The corporate master trust option is the latest offering in AMP's SignatureSuper and ...

Statewide rolls out automatic insurance cover

... also don't get contributions paid into their super. Besides better income insurance, eligible members also get automatic Death and Total and Permanent Disability cover. And reflecting revised longevity data, they will be paid their benefits until they ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... investment for the bulk of a worker's retirement assets," said ICI president, Paul Schott Stevens. "One thing is as certain as death and taxes: any investment product that essentially guarantees it won't lose value cannot also guarantee that it will ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Where legislation fails taxation often takes over and, following on from the cheeseburger bill, UK doctors and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit are now debating a fat tax. And what in the name of Ronald Macdonald is a 'Cheeseburger Bill'? When it's ...

AXA sidesteps ETP tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2007
... an employer-owned non-super group life policy will be subject to the maximum 46.5 per cent tax rate for the portion of a death or total and permanent disability payment over $140,000. However, the wording of Section 82-130 of the Act focuses on the nature ...

ING boosts life payments

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... employers and staff who have cover through their super, including a market-first rise in maximum TPD benefits and unlimited death benefits. The upgrade, to be introduced due to the new super changes on July 1, gives clients a maximum of $3 million, up ...

Ord Minnett adds to planning team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... financial planner, has run his own legal practice for more than 10 years specializing in estate planning, superannuation death benefits, wills, challenges to wills, deceased estates, trusts and business succession planning. Williams is currently chair ...