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Best-in-show list addresses insurance gaps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... changes to that will have the impact of increasing pricing across the board and the likelihood of exclusions. Richard Weatherhead, head of insurance at AustralianSuper, told the Commission that payout ratios based on a KPMG study stands at 80% of premiums. ...

Super and TPD definitions in the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... income benefit to members rather than a maximum two-year benefit. AustralianSuper head of insurance product, Richard Weatherhead, said the fund's enhanced rehabilitation program has been in transition from November last year and "of all the people who ...

AustralianSuper to pay early insurance to terminally ill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... further and negotiated for the early release of life insurance benefits. AustralianSuper head of insurance, Richard Weatherhead, said the super fund wanted to make sure members are not forced to endure any extra stress and trauma in what is an already ...

FEATURE: Risk at risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
In the wake of the group insurance crisis, super funds are one-by-one renegotiating their contracts with their life insurers. As a result, premiums are rising significantly, in many cases bringing them in line with retail premiums. This is causing some ...

AustSuper premium hike sees surprise member response

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Insurance Symposium, AustralianSuper product manager, insurance, Richard Weatherhead said this response was "really surprising" given the default premiums had already gone up by 86%. "In the early days ...

Rice Warner overhauls structure, makes key appointments

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... has promoted Thierry Bareau to the position of head of life insurance. This role was previously filled by Richard Weatherhead who left as reported by Financial Standard last week, to take up the role of product manager, insurance at AustralianSuper Within ...

Weatherhead to leave Rice Warner for AustralianSuper

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... former Rice Warner principal is set to join industry superannuation fund AustralianSuper in an insurance role. Richard Weatherhead who is head of life insurance at the independent consulting firm Rice Warner will depart to take up the position product ...

Rice Warner warns of massive TPD underinsurance

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... those with the greatest need, rather than on raising levels of cover across the board," said Rice Warner's Richard Weatherhead. "This is particularly the case in relation to disability covers, notwithstanding the government's new Disability Care Scheme ...

TPD insurance prices up 10%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... traditional very broad definition of total and permanent disability," said Rice Warner head of Wealth Management Richard Weatherhead. However, the report found that wholesale insurance cover is on average cheaper than the equivalent cover in the retail ...

Direct insurance sales grow on consumer confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... risk insurance direct, rather than with advice," commented Rice Warner principal and head of life insurance Richard Weatherhead. Despite solid growth in the direct life insurance market overall, Rice Warner said many direct life insurance ventures have ...
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