Tag Archives: Insurance

Super Insurance Opt-In

May 22, 2019

On 1 July 2019, the government’s Protecting Your Super package introduces new laws designed to protect members from paying unnecessary fees and insurance premiums. If you have multiple superannuation accounts or superannuation accounts which are deemed to be inactive, you may have received a super insurance election form from your fund recently. Inactive super accounts […]

To help support Aussie farmers impacted by the drought, TAL is offering up to a six month waiver on premiums to ensure farming families can maintain the cover they need, and provide some financial relief during this tough time. This wavier of premiums will  be available to existing TAL customers holding policies directly with TAL […]

Deliverance From Bad Insurance

September 8, 2017

If you’ve ever seen the classic film Deliverance you’ll know it’s the ultimate insurance advertisement. The character of Lewis, played by Burt Reynolds, begins the film proudly declaring, “I never been insured in my life. I don’t believe in insurance. There’s no risk.”   Movie fate ensures the canoeing trip Lewis and his friends take is […]

Part of being a financial advisory business involves jobs clients want to delegate or don’t want to do. Modelling financial outcomes, monitoring government legislation, compiling decades of data to formulate an investment philosophy – most recently it was reviewing ASIC’s 120-page report into Australia’s life insurance industry. It’ sounds a snooze, but it’s not when […]

Have your Reality Check

September 20, 2016

It’s not something we like to think about, but with life comes risk. Life insurance should be an important component of your financial planning. If you have a young family and or rely on your income to pay your bills it could actually be the most important element of their security. Surprisingly though a lot […]