In June 2022, LUCRF super and AustralianSuper completed a merger. After the merge, LUCRF members became members of AustralianSuper. One important aspect of the merger was the question of what insurance benefits, like TPD and income protection, a LUCRF member would receive after the merger.
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TPD insurance is a product that is often, but not always, held in your super account. This leads many people to be concerned that claiming a TPD benefit will impact on their superannuation money. However, claiming a TPD benefit will not usually impact your superannuation account balance, and here’s why.
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The work we do often focuses on people that are still working after being diagnosed with a chronic illness. We assist them to make sure that they protect their insurance coverage, like TPD, income protection and trauma insurance, in case they have to stop working due to illness in the future.
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We have worked with incarcerated people in prisons across most states of Australia to claim income protection and TPD insurance benefits. These claims can be a little complicated, but not impossible.
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The legal meaning of capacity, put simply, is a person’s ability to enter into binding agreements (like contracts) or to make other legal decisions like. We see our role as lawyers and advocates, as not only making sure that we get great our outcomes for our clients but also to make sure that we explain (and our clients understand) the work that we are doing for them.
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Contrary to the opinion that only older people experience dementia related diseases, the reality is that many people suffer from dementia symptoms, most commonly due to Alzheimer’s disease, whilst they are still working. These people are almost always entitled to claim disability insurance entitlements if they are forced to cease work.
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