About the Author

Jon de Fries
Senior Consultant, MLC Financial Planning (at time of writing)

Jon de Fries is the National Manager Insurance Strategy at MLC Advice Solutions. Jon has over 18 years industry experience, much of it in managing technical teams. His current role focuses on providing technical, strategy and lead generation advice to risk specialist advisers in areas such as estate and business succession, business structures, superannuation and He regularly conducts workshops for advisers and speaks at industry conventions.

Articles by Jon de Fries

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JON DE FRIES  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
Super beneficiary nominations is an important area of financial advice, considering a member's death benefit will often be considerably boosted by insurance proceeds and be their largest financial asset Read more
JON DE FRIES  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
From a tax perspective, most advisers when working in personal insurance may concentrate on deductibility of premiums and whether to hold insurance in or out of super. Advisers working in business insurance have a lot more to consider - not only deductibility ... Read more
JON DE FRIES  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
There's some debate and concern in financial advice circles about holding income protection insurance (IP) inside super. Following a favourable tax change in 2007, the issues have gradually intensified following an increase in the number of funds offering ... Read more
JON DE FRIES  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
Jon de Fries argues that "well-structured business insurance helps keep your business functioning and protects the value of your business in the case of unplanned events." His paper points out the chronic under-insurance across Australia, especially ... Read more
JON DE FRIES  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2008
When analysing the proposition of holding insurance in super it's tempting to focus on tax - the tax treatment of premiums and the taxation of claims paid in the form of super benefits. While we can't ignore the significance of tax aspects of ... Read more
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