AXA launches enhanced Insurance Solutions

Elevate insurance enhancements offer flexible and accessible insurance solutions. Flexibility and accessibility are two important factors that make life insurance solutions work and this is what is made available to our clients through enhanced insurance solutions. Mining Industry – Income protection –          Extended benefit period for certain mining jobs –          Increased maximum monthly benefit amount…

New insurance guidelines for My Super

A draft version of the latest guidelines for MySuper legislation was released this week. The guidelines detail recommendations for a number of aspects of insurance and intra-fund advice, including clarification of commissions and payments for advisors, particularly in the field of group insurance. In the area of insurance, according to the new guidelines, MySuper trustees…

Asteron Life Complete – new product offers

An exciting new product range has just been released by Asteron Life. These new products cover income protection, trauma protection and life insurance products and offer increased flexibility and added benefits for new and existing customers. One of the main changes to Asteron Life’s income protection products is the introduction of a new, three tiered…

Asteron life upgrades income protection insurance offer for 2012

Asteron life has recently announced a number of upgrades to their income protection insurance product. Previously known as “Asteron Lifeguard,” the updated portfolio will be known as “Asteron Life Complete” and includes revisions to their disability definition and the implementation of a three tiered approach to disability claims. Under the new policy there will be…

Life insurance held within your SMSF | The pros and cons

Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) give people more control over their superannuation, and they can also hold personal insurance policies such as life insurance, total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance, and income protection insurance. There may be several advantages of purchasing life insurance through your SMSF, but there are also some drawbacks you may not have…