Leadership
Jack Gray: Australia better off with ‘one or two’ super funds
The Australian superannuation industry would be a lot less wasteful if it were amalgamated into one or two giant funds, argues one industry veteran.
Ben HurleyJuly 8, 2020
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Investment Strategy
Starting the conversation around mental health
Conexus Financial will host an event on October 11 as part of Mental Health Week and in memory of David Adiseshan to address the issue of suicide and mental health in the financial services industry.
Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2016
Insurance
Mental health management plan ready for 2015
SuperFriend has joined forces with Australia’s seven largest insurers to find ways of reducing the incidence of mental illness among insurance claimants. The charity created by industry superannuation funds is currently helping to scope a project to kick off early next year that will have findings by the end of 2014. The imperative for the […]
David RowleyDecember 18, 2013
Investment Strategy
End discrimination against mental health sufferers
Superannuation funds can play a key role in improving medical health care in Australia and closing a $20-billion hole in national productivity, according to a former government adviser. Speaking at a CommInsure | Conexus Financial seminar in Melbourne, John Mendoza, director of ConNetica and former chair of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health, said […]
David RowleyOctober 21, 2013
Investment Strategy
Super Friend attracts government interest
Programs created by Super Friend to cut suicide rates by making workplaces a centre for helping those at risk of mental illness is attracting government interest. Mental health initiatives typically focus on individual members, but Super Friend’s pilot makes members aware of themselves and their colleagues. It also recognises that being connected to the workplace […]
David RowleySeptember 30, 2013
Insurance
More mental health advice required
Six insurers have re-signed deals with a charity that aims to improve the wellbeing of Australian employees, as the cost of mental health insurance claims soars. Insurers AIA, TAL, Hanover Life RE, CommInsure, MLC and Beazley Group have signed three-year deals with SuperFriend, while MetLife has signed up for the first time. The deals come […]
Amal AwadJuly 29, 2013
Insurance
Helping hand for mental health
More than half of all Australian employees are now being offered access to mental health assistance through their superannuation schemes. Superfriend, the charitable organisation established to reduce the rate of suicide in the Australian population, has been front and centre in providing resources to super funds addressing mental health. The organisation recently increased its number […]
David RowleyMarch 18, 2013
Roundtables
Toward an end-to-end process for handling mental health insurance claims
Insurance claims for mental healthrelated illnesses are more complicated than those for physical injuries. Many of the problems relate to social attitudes toward those with psychiatric disorders. In this gathering of Industry Fund Forum members, legal and mental health experts, and group insurer CommInsure, an attempt is made to identify the extent of mental health-related […]
Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2009