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19/04/2024
Financial Planning

Most injuries happen at home, not work

The latest injury statistics are a stark reminder that accidents can happen anywhere, but are less likely to happen at work, making it critically important to hold comprehensive life insurance including income protection. Income protection insurance provides invaluable financial protection against disability as a result of sickness or injury by...

06/09/2023
Financial Planning

Myeloma Awareness: Protecting Your Finances in the Face of Health Challenges

In the news recently was the story regarding Sandy Roberts, a leading TV journalist, who was recently diagnosed with a rare cancer called Myeloma that he didn’t even know he had until he went into hospital to get checked after a fall. You can read all about Sandy below. https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/legendary-commentator-sandy-roberts-dia...

29/03/2022
Financial Planning

The Myths and Facts of Insurance

As you would appreciate, no one would buy a brand-new car and leave the showroom without insuring it.  So why is it then that thousands of Australians leave their house every day to go to work with minimal to no personal insurance coverage at all?   Just like insuring a new car because they know they need it, why is it that many Austral...

04/10/2016
Financial Planning

Defence: What is that?

What I want to have a quick chat about today is something a lot of property investors haven’t got time or the headspace to think about. And that is their position of defence. We talk about it in our business model: ABCD. The asset selection (A), the borrowing power (B), the cash flow management (C) and the defence (D). But let’s be honest: ...

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25/08/2016
Financial Planning

How well protected is your business?

If you’re like many business owners you have already insured the physical assets of your business from theft, fire and damage. But have you considered the importance of insuring yourself - and other key people in your business - against the possibility of death, disability and illness. Not being adequately insured can be a very risky oversight, a...

20/07/2016
Financial Planning

Counting the cost of a curve ball

Here’s a confronting question: what would you do if the main breadwinner in your household could no longer bring in an income? Do you have a Plan B? Most people don’t. That’s where insurance comes in. Curve balls. They’re unexpected, often deceptive and it’s impossible to predict their trajectory. That’s why they’re so devastating ...