Matthews says personal accounts should provide automatic life cover
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Speaking at a Future of Life Assurance conference organised by Marketforce, Matthews said: "I think personal accounts would be a great opportunity for the industry to provide a useful amount of life cover to people. In Australia it has made a real difference.
"Virtually 95 per cent of the population are in the personal accounts equivalent system and have AUS$50,000 to $60,000 worth of life cover automatically. When they are auto-enrolled, they automatically get life cover. There's a very competitive group life market in Australia but there are profits to be made."
Matthews also criticised the Government's stance on means-testing saying it could lead to a scandal.
He said: "I also believe the Government's current stance on means-testing must mellow. It would truly be a scandal if thousands of savers found out at retirement that they would have been better off if they'd kept their contributions in their pockets."
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