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August

My wife can’t work any more – how do we handle her insurance payout?

The tax rules on super policy payments are complicated when you’re younger – this is how they work.

  • John Wasiliev

August 2023

Stephen Jones is under pressure from insurers to reform financial advice laws.

Labor inaction leaves customers wasting money on insurance

The delays by Stephen Jones are leaving Australians stranded in unnecessarily expensive life insurance products or without cover they need, industry warns.

  • Hannah Wootton

March 2021

Infrabuild, which has steel assets mainly in the eastern states, doesn’t have the high profile of the Whyalla steelworks but it’s a better performing business in Sanjeev Gupta’s empire.

Infrabuild key as Gupta scrambles to refinance

As billionaire Sanjeev Gupta pushes desperately to keep his empire afloat, former Cleanaway chief executive Vik Bansal has been approached to be the next boss of structural steel business Infrabuild.

  • Simon Evans and Jenny Wiggins

February 2021

AFR

How to reduce income protection costs as premiums soar

If you’re facing an increase of up to 70 per cent, you’re not alone. We outline ways to save by working out which features are essential.

  • Duncan Hughes

December 2020

The ASIC report found many members were not aware they had super insurance coverage, or that they were paying for it.

'Paying for junk': Super insurance gets mixed review

Australians fork out more than $4.1b a year from their super for insurance, APRA says, but value for money can be very hit and miss.

  • Ronald Mizen
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September 2020

Depending on the way your insurance is organised, the annual renewal commission charge might be as much as 30 per cent of the premium.

Why am I paying insurance commissions and getting no advice?

Reputable firms should be cutting premiums under a fee-for-service arrangement, writes John Wasiliev who answers your questions on super.

  • John Wasiliev

August 2020

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Lawyers at Maurice Blackburn are using AI software services to make quick decisions about whether to take on cases about workplace injuries.

Lawyers turn to AI to make judgments on workplace claims

Maurice Blackburn says using AI software to judge whether to take on workers' insurance claims means it can give clients a decision in minutes instead of days.

  • James Eyers

March 2020

Consumer rights lawyer John Birrell said he was worried workers would be incapacitated or killed by COVID-19 only to find their insurance had been terminated.

Call for delay to automatic removal of insurance in super

Consumer rights lawyer John Berrill is worried workers will be incapacitated or killed by COVID-19, only to find their insurance has been terminated.

  • Joanna Mather

February 2020

When a cancer patient dies due to a cause unrelated to the cancer, this is known as a “competing” risk event.

Disability insurance market poised for total failure

The disability income insurance market faces total failure unless sweeping changes are made to the design and sale of products.

  • James Fernyhough

October 2019

AFR

Veterans' bitter battle to win insurance claim for injuries

The veterans, some of whom witnessed mates killed during tours of duty, also attacked insurers' efforts to have them retrained as “burger flippers”.

  • Duncan Hughes

April 2019

Former assistant treasurer and superannuation minister Nick Sherry says there is more to do to clean up unintended multiple accounts and insurance.

More work to be done to stop super fee gouging

The sole purpose test should be updated to make it unlawful for super funds to offer disability and income protection insurance, former Labor minister Nick Sherry says.

  • Joanna Mather

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