Personal Risk Insurance
6 Questions to Ask Before Choosing Personal Insurance
Choosing personal insurance isn’t just about comparing policies – it’s about making sure your cover protects what matters most. Asking the right questions can help you make informed decisions with confidence. Whether you’re considering Life Insurance, Income Protection, Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) Insurance or Trauma Insurance, it’s important to understand how your cover works…
Read MoreFinancial Protection and Peace of Mind: Why Protecting Your Income Matters
When people think about financial planning, they often focus on growing their wealth through investments, property, or superannuation. While building wealth is important, protecting the financial foundation that supports those goals is equally critical. Financial protection planning focuses on safeguarding your income, your lifestyle, and your family’s financial security if unexpected events occur. Without appropriate…
Read MoreWomen 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…
Read MoreIncome 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…
Read MoreWhy Does Insurance Matter? Understanding Why Insurance Is Needed
Understand why insurance is needed and how personal insurance protects your income, family and financial future from unexpected life events.
Read MoreCOVID-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…
Read MoreChanges 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…
Read MoreProtect 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…
Read MoreInsurance: 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…
Read MoreHere’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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