Women and Trauma Insurance: Ensuring Financial Support Amidst Health Challenges

Navigating the complexities of health challenges can be overwhelming, but having a safety net like trauma insurance can make a world of difference. As claims for women’s breast cancer continue to rise, understanding the importance of trauma insurance becomes essential. This coverage provides crucial financial support, ensuring that those affected can focus on recovery without…

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Income Protection: New Job, New Income

If I get a new job within the same industry, can I increase my income protection without going through underwriting? Some income protection policies include a guaranteed future insurability or benefit indexation feature, which may allow you to increase your cover without full medical underwriting particularly if your income increases. However, this typically depends on…

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Beyond Life Insurance: Exploring Trauma Insurance and Its Benefits for Young Families

Life is full of surprises, and while some bring joy, others can pose challenges that test our resilience. For young families navigating their financial journey, ensuring protection against unexpected health issues like cancer is crucial. Trauma insurance, often overlooked, plays a vital role in providing financial security during such times, complementing traditional life insurance options.…

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Why does insurance matter?

The unexpected events of the past few years, have made financial protection a front of mind matter for most Australians. Now more than ever we appreciate that life does not always go the way we plan. Having a plan in place if things do take an unexpected turn can mean that our health, lifestyle and…

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COVID-19 and the importance of Life Insurance

Overview The advent of a global pandemic in COVID-19 has been a shocking event in many ways, more obviously from a health perspective. COVID-19 is clearly a highly dangerous virus for those over 70 and those with existing health conditions. Having said that there have also been cases of people who are both relatively young…

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Changes to income protection insurance

What is income protection? Also known as ‘salary continuance insurance’ or ‘disability income insurance’, income protection provides a portion of your income, for example 75% of your annual salary, if you are unable to work due to injury or sickness for a certain period of time. You need to advise your annual salary when you…

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Protect Your Income

If you’re employed or self‑employed, income protection insurance can replace up to 75% of your pre-tax income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury. Why protect your income? If you are unable to work for an extended period due to illness or injury, you could run down your savings very quickly and…

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Insurance: Get insurance while you’re still bulletproof

According to research by TAL insurance provider the cost of personal insurance soars after the age of 35. This is also the time in our lives that you may be going through significant change such as marriage, children, a bigger mortgage and more responsibilities. In the previous 5 years to 2017, TAL paid out insurance…

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Here’s why you need income protection

Your ability to earn an income is usually one of your biggest assets, so why not protect it? A sudden illness or injury can keep you from working and leave you in financial difficulty. You may get help from a worker’s compensation payout or personal savings, but are they enough to help you meet your…

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