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UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
... enhanced offering, the fund said. UniSuper said its default insurance offering has been improved to provide greater death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) cover at the life stages members most likely need it and less cover when they're younger ...

CSLR kicks off, 2k await compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... some form of financial harm," he said. For the first year of operations, the CSLR levy is estimated to cost $4.8 million to cover the period from April 2 to 30 June 2024. This will be funded by the government. The CSLR will pay 11 claims for this period ...

AvSuper prepares members for merger, fee changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... insurance cover in ART". Some examples of difference in cover include AvSuper members who have any amount of unitised death and total and permanent disablement (TPD) on the transfer date will become fixed cover in ART. ART's fixed TPD cover tapers ...

Major decline in group insurance coverage: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... coverage for death benefits; a 36% reduction from June 2018 to June 2023. A comparable decline was observed in the coverage for Total and Permanent Disability (TPD). The previous government's PYS measures, effective from 1 July 2019, aimed to safeguard ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... Thales and $137,000 in Elbit. In a $1.06 billion UniSuper portfolio, $13.9 million is in Honeywell comprising 1.21% of the total. An $8.5 million holding in Lockheed Martin made up 0.74%. Equip Super's MySuper option, for example, had as much as ...

Unlisted asset valuation practices under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024
... cybersecurity stocktake involving more than 300 banks, insurers, and super funds. The update on priorities comes as Australia's total retirement savings pot marches steadily towards $4 trillion. Statistics released by APRA yesterday show total super ...

AMP names new group insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024
... unit for $3 billion. According to data from APRA and ASIC, TAL is the largest player in the group insurance sector in Australia. TAL has a 40.4% market share that insures 3.9 million lives with annual premiums totalling $830 million. The sum insured ...

Gender pay gap a crucial diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... should address. The unadjusted gender pay gap does not compare wages between men and women in the same roles, but compares total wages for men and women respectively. "It is a proxy for workforce composition and bonus structures and some of the other ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... the cost of their insurance. Under the moratorium, insurers can only request or use the results of a genetic test if the total amount of cover for an individual - including that being applied for and any other existing cover, like group insurance, met ...

Uniseed partners with major Aussie universities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... remaining commitments of its existing members, contributing an additional $6.75 million to Uniseed Fund-3. This will bring the total fund size to $56.75 million. Considering the merger of new funds, and factoring in prior Fund-3 investments, there is ...
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