Insurance

What types of insurance should a business have?

Insurance often seems like an enormous waste of money… until you need the cover.

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What types of insurance should a business have?
( Posted in: Tax )

Income Protection Insurance Tax Deductions

Recently a client came in to complete their tax returns and during the process we found that the income protection insurance they wanted to claim was actually paid for by their Super Fund. This sparked an interesting discussion about how income protection deductions work and how claims would be processed.

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Income Protection Insurance Tax Deductions
( Posted in: Tax )

Do you have insurance in your lost superannuation?

Would you go out for a coffee and leave $10,000 on the table because you forgot? Of course you wouldn’t, and if you did, you would go back and get it! Then why are so many of us losing track of our superannuation accounts and potential insurance that they usually carry?

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Do you have insurance in your lost superannuation?
( Posted in: SMSF )

Estate Planning: Making sure your money goes where you want it to

Estate planning is not just about making a will. It’s about deciding how you want to be looked after (both medically and financially) if you can’t make your own decisions later in life. It’s also about documenting how you want your assets to be distributed after you die

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Estate Planning:  Making sure your money goes where you want it to
( Posted in: Living Estate Planning )

Protecting yourself against Risk: 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 – in sport and in life. There’s some interesting data now available about the kind of curve balls that can impact your life, your finances and your retirement.

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