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AMP launches new insurance product

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
... standard cover, tailored cover and insurance transfers. Standard cover provides eligible MyNorth and North Super members with death or death and total permanent disablement (TPD) insurance following a limited underwriting process involving health and ...

Product Showcase: Making group insurance count

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... and how to make a claim when they need it. The Actuaries Institute found in a 2025 study that, based on current rates of death and disability, around 30% of fund members will experience at least one insured event during their working lives and receive ...

FAAA welcomes 'widow's tax' changes in CGT, negative gearing reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2026
... announcement date. Under the original framework, a surviving spouse acquiring an interest in a jointly owned property following the death of their partner could have lost access to negative gearing benefits and concessional CGT treatment on the inherited ...

HESTA reduces fees, minimum balance for income stream

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2026
... delivered on July 1 this year. Notably, the super fund also introduced an option for members to make a non-lapsing binding death benefit nomination earlier this month. Commenting, HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said the changes would make a real ...

HESTA follows Cbus on death benefit nomination changes

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2026
HESTA has introduced an option for members to make a non-lapsing binding death benefit nomination. Recently, Cbus also rolled out changes to fund's death benefit nominations, where it offered new non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations allowing ...

Super funds failing on death benefit comms: SCA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... two-thirds of Australians have not been contacted by their super fund over the past year encouraging them to make a binding death benefit nomination. The Your Say on Super survey showed at least 15.5 million Australians may not have a binding death benefit ...

Cbus rolls out death benefit nomination changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2026
Cbus will roll out changes to death benefit nominations, which include scrapping nominations that expire in three years. Effective October 16, Cbus will offer new non-lapsing binding death benefit nominations and allow members to make them online. The ...

BUSSQ ups insurance cover, costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2026
BUSSQ has increased the amount of default death and TPD insurance cover for eligible members aged 21 to 40, also increasing fees to match. The fund said insurance remains a core part of its commitment to help members protect themselves and their families ...

Super funds fail customer service test: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... back-office practices, notably led by Cbus and AustralianSuper. Cbus paid a nearly $24 million fine for the lengthy delay of death benefit payments, while AustralianSuper sat on death benefit claims that exceeded internal targets of four months. The ...

Aware hikes fees for former TelstraSuper members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... arrangements remain appropriate, fair and competitive. "Following the review, there will be an increase in premium rates for death cover, and death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover. This change only affects your insurance premium - your ...
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