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| Why life insurance is a necessity in tough times With household budgets under pressure ... and consumer confidence weak, many families are wondering whether life insurance is worth the expense. Or maybe it is something they can do without? - read more
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| Business Interruption Insurance - Getting the Indemnity Period Right Business Interruption Insurance can be what stands between the collapse or survival of your business following major loss such as a fire, flood or storm. As important as getting the sum insured right is ensuring that you have the right indemnity period for your business. This article will help you understand the factors which should influence how long a Business Interruption Insurance indemnity period your business needs. - read more
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| Business: Avoiding Loss with Proper Risk Management Strategies A Financial loss is something that no business wants to suffer - and small business owners will do their best to avoid downtime, expenses and accidents. But will insurance provide the total solution? Or is there more needed to ensure business continuity? - read more
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| 5 Tips for Dealing With your next Insurance Claim Sometimes processing an insurance claim after a catastrophic event can turn into a nightmare. This article contains some pointers on how to handle the bureaucracy and confusion that can occur when filing a claim. - read more
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| How Much Life Insurance Do I Need? There are many different reasons to purchase life insurance (generation skipping tax, estate plan, estate preservation, surviving spouse needs, planning for your children's future and more). There is no right amount of life insurance, but here are some guidelines that might help you decide how much life insurance you need. - read more
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| Top 5 Reasons to Buy Insurance Through a Broker In today's litigious and uncertain world, insurance has become a very important component of every financial plan. But, when it comes to buying insurance, consumers often get confused obout where they should start and how to decide on the best policy solution to their specific needs and circumstances. - read more
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| NSW Adviser Convicted
Dec 18 ::
ASIC has convicetd a former Financial Adviser of managing a corporation while disqualified in a NSW court earlier this week. Already banned permanently from providing financial services... read more |
| If insurance was free, would there still be an under-insurance problem?
Dec 18 ::
Even if price was not a factor, AMP`s Chris Kirby argues that Australia would still have an under-insurance problem. This is why it is the industry`s job to kill preconceptions and engage clients. Let... read more |
| Regulatory compulsion propels commercial insurance
Oct 26 ::
Australia is the second largest advanced market in Asia for commercial insurance, not least because of regulatory requirements around issues of professional indemnity, according to new research... read more
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| Premium rates for life cover sold by advisers in decline
Oct 26 ::
Premium rates for life cover products sold by financial advisers fell by an average of 10 per cent across 11 leading insurance providers between December 2004 and June 2012, according to a joint... read more
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| Life insurers pay out $4 billion in 2011
Jul 01 ::
The 10 biggest life insurers paid out just under $4 billion in claims in 2011 - up 11.4 per cent from 2010, according to research conducted by The Risk Store. The amount of money... read more
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| Direct life insurance up but credit insurance flat
Jun 01 ::
Overall direct life insurance sales have grown 11.3 per cent in 2011 and in-force annual premiums are up 10.9 per cent despite flat growth in credit-related insurance sales, according to Rice... read more |