In as little as one hour, this course outlines the role of insurance, the different types of insurance cover available to members of superannuation funds, the key benefits of group life insurance arrangements, the duty of disclosure imposed upon members, the role of the insurer and the different methods used to calculate a member’s insurance premium, as well as the more recent amendments to insurance under the Protecting Your Superannuation (PYS) and Putting Members’ Interests First (PMIF) legislation.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
– identify the need for insurance
– discuss the concept of group life insurance
– identify the different types of insurance cover offered by superannuation funds
– explain the process of ‘underwriting’
– identify the disclosure requirements imposed on insurers and the insured
– discuss the role of the insurer
– discuss the key legislative changes impacting the provision of insurance to members including inactive accounts, low balance members and members under age 25
– list the requirements for MySuper products for opt-out insurance
– list the different ways in which insurance premiums can be calculated
– discuss the claims process for the payment of disability benefits.
Insurance Essentials is delivered completely online in an interactive e-learning format comprising one e-learning module and a final quiz. Online delivery means you can study anywhere, anytime.
Corporate virtual workshop options are also available – contact us to discuss.
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We want to respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of these lands, seas, and waters throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders both past and present. We acknowledge the history, the resilience and the continual contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of their Country.
Acknowledgement of Country
We want to respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of these lands, seas, and waters throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders both past and present. We acknowledge the history, the resilience and the continual contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of their Country.
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Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services
Born in Brindisi, Italy, Daniel was a young child when he moved with his family to Australia. He grew up in Canberra and completed his first degrees – arts and law – at the ANU. He then completed a Master of Economics (University of Sydney) and a PhD in economics from Yale.
He lectured at Monash University, was an economic adviser in the Gillard government and was a Victorian MP from 2014 to 2018. As Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer of Victoria, Daniel helped deliver major infrastructure projects and developed innovative financing structures for community projects.
In 2018 he was preselected for the new federal seat of Fraser and became its first MP at the 2019 election, re-elected in 2022 and 2025. From 2022 to 2025, Daniel was chair of the House of Representatives’ Standing Economics Committee in which he chaired inquiries; economic dynamism, competition and business formation and insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims.
In 2025, he became the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services.
In August 2022, Daniel published ‘Safety Net: The Future of Welfare in Australia’, which aims to explore the ways in which an insurance approach can improve the effectiveness of government service delivery.
