Total Permanent Disability (TPD) and Life Insurance Injury Claims
Issues covered include: Non-Disclosure, Misrepresentation, Life Insurance, Tax, Super, Centrelink, The Banking Royal Commission, Neuropsychology
Description
Develop cutting edge strategies for this burgeoning area of personal injury law. Gain essential information regarding policies, contracts, superannuation and insurance payments. Delve into the medical perspective with a highly regarded specialist in the field. Attend this seminar and maximise your success in the area. Don’t risk the potential consequences if you don’t.
Attend and earn 4 CPD points including:
0.5 point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
3.5 points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
Chair: Phil Gleeson, Director, Percy Kakulas Gleeson
9.00am to 9.05am: Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: What You Need to Succeed: A Guide Through TPD Claims
Presented by Verity Long Droppert, Barrister, Albert Wolff Chambers
9.50am to 10.35am: Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation in Life Insurance
- An overview of the law under the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth), pre and post 28 June 2014
- An analysis of some of the existing controversies in the remedy provisions of the legislation
- How non-disclosure and misrepresentation applies to life insurance contracts held under group superannuation policies
Presented by Keith Thomas, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
10.35am to 10.50am: Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: Tax, Super and Centrelink Implications after Insurance Payment
- Tax: understanding how payments will be taxed and what strategies can minimise or defer tax
- Super: how payments interact with the claimant’s super balance and the strategies available to ensure optimal outcomes
- Centrelink: learn about the impact of a payment on Centrelink and how to protect entitlements
- Tips for lawyers guiding their clients once a claim has been approved
Presented by Randall Stout, Principal Adviser, Fitzspatricks Private Wealth
11.35am to 12.20pm: The Banking Royal Commission: What it Means for Superannuation Insurance Claims by Injured Consumers
- The important role of TPD and income protection insurance in superannuation for workers with injury and illness, and the legal issues to be aware of in administering these claims
- Commissioner Hayne’s recommendations on superannuation and insurance, which, if implemented, should improve consumer’s legal rights for decades to come, particularly regarding claims handling and remedies for non-disclosure
Presented by Irina Jovic, Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
12.20pm to 1.05pm: THE MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE: An Overview of Neuropsychology in TPD
- The role of the neuropsychologist in the evaluation of insurance claims
- Separating organic from non-organic presentations
- Understanding the trajectory of recovery
Presented by Dr Mandy Vidovich, Principal Clinical Neuropsychologist, Solutions Health Psychology Group
1.05pm to 1.15pm: Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Venue
Mercure Perth
Level 1, 10 Irwin St
Perth 6000
WA
Australia