REST Industry Super withheld paraplegic woman's disability insurance
A paraplegic woman's battle to receive a disability insurance payout from REST Industry Super highlights how, critics say, thousands of its members are being ripped-off by fine print exclusions.
REST Industry Super and its group insurer AIA Australia withheld a lump sum payout on total permanent disability insurance worth about $110,000 owed to a former McDonald's employee, who became a paraplegic after walking off a balcony while suffering psychosis in 2012.
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