Insurance Articles

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Jeffrey Scott
JEFFREY SCOTT  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Advisers are often asked whether or not a client should own their total and permanent disability (TPD) policy individually (self-owned) or have it structured via a superannuation fund where they are a member. When comparing the pair, the answer may ... Read more
Crissy DeManuele
CRISSY DEMANUELE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Running a business means taking all sorts of risks, many of which can be difficult to control: economic ups and downs, increased competition and changing consumer behaviour, to name a few. Read more
Andy Reynolds
ANDY REYNOLDS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
An unintended consequence of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Act 2019 (PYSP Act) that came into effect on 1 July 2019 means that many total and permanent disability (TPD) insurance claimants may have significantly ... Read more
Rachel Leong
RACHEL LEONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Annual events such as Movember highlight the need to consider the various insurance policies that can protect clients against the financial impacts of serious diseases most commonly affecting men, such as prostate cancer. Read more
Rachel Leong
RACHEL LEONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
Approaching a difficult topic Read more
Andres Webersinke
ANDRES WEBERSINKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
Individual disability income insurance (DII or income protection) is a key insurance product for consumers. Read more
James McFarland
JAMES MCFARLAND  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
In over 30 years of business Stanford Brown has gained extensive experience partnering with small to medium sized business owners. Read more
Greg Martin
GREG MARTIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
The psychology behind good and bad advice Read more
Greg Martin
GREG MARTIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
Discontent is engulfing the retail income protection insurance sector. This is not surprising given income protection claims have doubled in the last ten years. Read more
Paul Cronin
DANIEL BIONDI , PAUL CRONIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
Insurance has long been viewed as a relatively stable offering within the financial services sector. Traditionally, people paid their premiums on a regular basis with monies invested for long term gains. Recently though the underlying assumptions, and ... Read more