LIFE INSURANCE INSIDE SUPER AND DEATH BENEFIT NOMINATIONS

April 17, 2019

When an adviser sits down to discuss life insurance cover held within superannuation with their client, it is also an ideal time to have a comprehensive discussion about estate planning. In this article, we look at the advantages and disadvantages of various options of structuring the receipt of superannuation death benefits. It is well known that binding nominations provide certainty as to whom a superannuation death benefit is paid to. Where the client has a partner and young children, we often see binding nominations made in favour of each partner.

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Gen Re is a leading property/casualty and life/health reinsurance company. We are owned by General Re Corporation, a reinsurance holding company for global reinsurance and related operations and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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