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Every super fund should cover every occupation: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... insurance cover for members working in hazardous occupations after stapling. FSC said if a MySuper product's default life insurance cover has occupations-based exclusions, a member working in one of those occupations may be unable to claim for the ...

Spaceship hits $1bn in total assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... GrowthX returned 23.41% over the same period, bringing its annualised returns to 15.69% since inception. Spaceship began life as a startup in 2017 focused on the superannuation savings of Australians under 45 years old, and has attracted investments ...

Insurers dodging Royal Commission reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... and unsuitable add on insurance being sold to consumers. This extended to insurance within superannuation (including group life insurance). On 10 December2020, the government passed laws that introduced a deferred sales model with a four-day pause between ...

FSC launches DDO templates

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... worked together to launch two products ahead of the design and distribution obligations (DDO) regime. The FSC and members from life insurance, funds management and superannuation have collaborated templates for Target Market Determinations (TMDs) and ...

BT Super for Life ups insurance premiums

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
BT Super for Life will increase the cost of its standard life insurance cover by 13.1% from August 1. The standard cover includes death and TPD. As an example, a 34-year-old male member of BT Super for Life previously paid $11.41 each month for one ...

CFS, UniSuper win customer satisfaction nods

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... respondents. Beyond Bank won Bank of the Year, while Commonwealth Bank was the Major Bank of the Year. OnePath won the Major Risk & Life Insurer of the Year gong. Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said last year has been a year like no other ...

Concern for consumers ahead of YFYS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... reforms, workers will have one default fund that follows them from job to job. "Some total and permanent disability (TPD) and life insurance policies are industry or employer specific," Slater and Gordon practice group leader Sarah Snowden said. "A policy ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... Infrastructure Income Fund Fidante - Ares Global Credit Income Fund QSuper - QSuper Lifetime Pension AIA Australia - Crisis Extension Cover PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY OF THE YEAR BlueChip Communication Honner PritchittBland Mountain Media Reverb Media SOCIAL ...

Labor to push for YFYS stapling amendments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... did not apply to members in hazardous occupations. "I think they should make concessions in those areas because the real-life consequence on people will be excluded from life insurance cover," Jones told Financial Standard in an interview from the sidelines ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... Infrastructure Income Fund Fidante - Ares Global Credit Income Fund QSuper - QSuper Lifetime Pension AIA Australia - Crisis Extension Cover PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY OF THE YEAR BlueChip Communication Honner PritchittBland Mountain Media Reverb Media SOCIAL ...