revealed an email from AMP<\/a> \u2014 that was sent to \u201cmore than 500 players\u201d, he reports \u2014 conceding an inability to cover the \u201csignificantly higher-than-expected\u201d amount of claims. <\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve considered Zurich\u2019s proposal and have assessed a variety of other options,\u201d the email from AMP read. <\/p>\n
\u201cOf the options we looked at, the changes we\u2019re communicating in this letter were considered by the trustee, acting in the best financial interests of members of the plan, to be most appropriate when compared to the alternatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere have been a significantly higher-than-expected number of claims being paid over the last 5 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe insurer has informed us that they cannot continue to support this high level of claims, when compared with the insurance charges they\u2019ve received.\u201d<\/p>\n
May 1 is the date from which not only changes to head trauma coverage will come into effect, but a huge decrease in the level of cover for all injuries. <\/p>\n
Currently, if a player suffers a career-ending injury, they are entitled to as much as $1.1 million via their superannuation. But come May 1, that number drops massively to just $450,000. <\/p>\n
It comes amid news that medically-retired Melbourne premiership player Angus Brayshaw still hasn\u2019t been allowed to cash in on a Zurich payout worth roughly $1 million. <\/p>\n
According to Morris, seven doctors have approved his claim, with a Zurich-hired doctor the only one who hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
Nicks slams Crows’ slow start after loss | 08:02<\/p>\n
CATS STAR EXPOSES \u2018MOST CONTENTIOUS\u2019 PART OF NEW RULE<\/p>\n
Geelong star Tom Stewart has laid bare the \u201cmost contentious\u201d aspect of the new last-touch out-of-bounds rule. <\/p>\n
Speaking after the Cats\u2019 narrow eight-point win over Adelaide on Thursday night, the five-time All-Australian questioned a specific scenario that occurs frequently when players are trying to avoid the \u2018lasso\u2019 rule. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a unique rule,\u201d Stewart began post-match on Fox Footy. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe thing I can\u2019t get my head around \u2014 and I had a discussion with one of the umpires on field \u2014 is when a player makes a conscious effort to get their hand on the ball and force it out of bounds. That should be deliberate, I think. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not quite sure whether we\u2019ve got that right; people trying to slap it out of bounds to ensure that it\u2019s not a last-touch free kick. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo, yeah, it\u2019s very fresh, it\u2019s very new, and everyone\u2019s trying to learn it. But that\u2019s the most contentious thing I find, is someone trying to knock it out so the lasso (rule) doesn\u2019t come into play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stewart\u2019s comments are consistent with his coach Chris Scott\u2019s, who, unprompted, brought up the fact that the \u2018insufficient intent\u2019 should be enforced more between the arcs. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think the (last disposal out of bounds) rule, in general, my observation would be that it\u2019s been a success,\u201d he said in his post-game press conference.<\/p>\n
\u201c(But) I\u2019m a little confused around \u2026 like, insufficient intent still applies. So, if you dive at a ball and knock it across the line, that\u2019s probably a free kick as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a \u201cbombshell\u201d revelation, AFL players will no longer be covered for head trauma in their superannuation. That\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[128],"tags":[23056,23066,1665,18775,23064,23065,23067,23061,23063,23068,23075,23071,23073,23074,23076,23057,23059,23055,16397,23060,23062,23079,23058,23077,23072,23070,23078,219,23069],"class_list":["post-39420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-zurich-insurance","tag-adelaide-crows","tag-angus-brayshaw","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-cats-star","tag-chris-scott","tag-conscious-effort","tag-fox-footy","tag-geelong-cats","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-head-trauma","tag-head-trauma-coverage","tag-insufficient-intent","tag-insurance-charges","tag-matthew-nicks","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-demons","tag-number-drops","tag-oceania","tag-payout-worth","tag-post-game-press-conference","tag-premiership-player","tag-super-plan-trustee","tag-tom-morris","tag-tom-stewart","tag-victoria","tag-western-bulldogs","tag-zurich-insurance","tag-zurich-insurance-company"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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