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HIP in the spirit of giving out member benefits

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... insurance partnership, HIP eventually renegotiated an insurance deal with ING that translated to a 15 per cent increase in death and a 30 per cent increase in income protection insurance cover at no additional cost to members as well as the inclusion ...

HESTA cranks up insurance for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... improvements include more cover for those in the 40-55 age group, better and cheaper coverage for income protection, access to death cover or lump sum TPD cover in advance for a terminal illness, a doubling of default death cover and improved value and ...

ING OneCare minds the insurance gap

ING's life insurance range OneCare grew sales by 65 per cent since January, proof that with the right product, people will buy insurance cover. Part of OneCare's appeal is that it offers insurance for 14 medical conditions not usually covered under ...

AXA boosts group cover

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
AXA has boosted its group insurance offering, raising the maximum levels of insurance for death and total and permanent disability (TPD) as well as increasing the expiry ages for both categories. Under the new terms, but still subject to underwriting ...

HESTA boosts insurance for members

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... needs and profile of its members. The new insurance benefits, effective 1 November, will offer members two extra units of death cover and increase their level of income protection per unit. Under the scheme, a member's new default level of death cover ...

Scale fails to buy cheaper premiums

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... management (FUM) and number of members. "There were even some unusual results. While funds with FUM more than $1 billion had good death and TPD cover, smaller funds with less than $300 million offered the best income protection premium per cover value ...

Asteron launches income product for 80s and over

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... will use three Vanguard index fund options and give investors a guaranteed lifetime annuity from the age of around 85 to death. Asteron's head of technical services sales and marketing, Louise Biti, said in one example a $50,000 allocation to ALIS at ...

Soft skills should be a priority: Zurich

... the financial planner now goes beyond providing traditional financial advice only. "Talking about grave topics, such as death, illness and injury in their [client's] family requires careful skill and understanding. Zurich Australia is providing truly ...

Navigator adds tax benefit to death payments

... Navigator's super products will feature 'anti-detriment' payments to beneficiaries, a move that could boost a member's additional death payment by as much as $100,000. The group said that all of their retirement plans will automatically include the so-called ...

Wait and see with annuities: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
... products would still remain attractive despite any legislative changes, like lifetime annuities which guarantee payments until death.