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Income Protection Insurance and Tax Benefits: What You Should Know
Income Protection Insurance and Tax Benefits: What You Should Know
Income protection insurance is a type of cover designed to provide you with a safety net if you are unable to work due to illness or injury. By offering regular payments that replace a portion of your income, it helps ensure that you can maintain your lifestyle and cover essential expenses during challenging times. - read more
Income Protection Insurance: A Lifeline for Freelancers and Contractors
Income Protection Insurance: A Lifeline for Freelancers and Contractors
In today's dynamic gig economy, freelancers and contractors are an essential part of Australia's workforce. Choosing flexibility and autonomy over traditional roles, these professionals enjoy the freedom to manage their schedules and select projects that align closely with their interests. However, this lifestyle brings unique challenges, especially regarding financial security. - read more
Deciphering Your Policy: A Beginner's Guide to Insurance Terminology
Deciphering Your Policy: A Beginner's Guide to Insurance Terminology
Welcome to the world of insurance – a domain where words like 'deductible' and 'premium' can significantly impact your financial protection and peace of mind. As a beginner, grasping the basics of insurance terminology is the first step towards making informed decisions about the policies that safeguard your assets and future. In this guide, we will embark on a journey through the language of insurance, which can often seem as complex as the policies themselves. - read more
How Accidental Income Protection Insurance Can Provide Peace of Mind
How Accidental Income Protection Insurance Can Provide Peace of Mind
Accidental income protection insurance is a type of policy that provides financial support if you are unable to work due to an accident. Unlike regular income protection insurance, which can cover illnesses and injuries, this specific insurance focuses solely on accidents. - read more
5 Key Factors to Consider When Shopping for Income Protection in Australia
5 Key Factors to Consider When Shopping for Income Protection in Australia
Welcome to our comprehensive guide on securing your financial future in Australia. In a world of uncertainties, income protection insurance plays a critical role in maintaining your financial security and peace of mind. - read more

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Netstrata Proceedings Put Strata Insurance Governance Back Under the Microscope
Netstrata Proceedings Put Strata Insurance Governance Back Under the Microscope
18 Jul 2026: Paige Estritori
NSW Fair Trading’s criminal proceedings against Network Strata Services Pty Ltd, trading as Netstrata, have pushed strata governance and insurance transparency back into the national spotlight. The regulator alleges the company and its director and licensee in charge breached statutory obligations connected with strata scheme management in New South Wales, including alleged failures around conflicts of interest, undisclosed financial benefits and information provided to the regulator. - read more
Broker Disclosure Debate Puts Small Business Questions Back on the Table
Broker Disclosure Debate Puts Small Business Questions Back on the Table
18 Jul 2026: Paige Estritori
A fresh dispute over the proposed Insurance Brokers Code of Practice has sharpened the focus on transparency for Australian small businesses. Industry figure John Trowbridge has criticised gaps in the draft code, particularly around whether brokers should disclose commissions and other remuneration to all clients, not only those captured by narrower product or client categories. - read more
AFCA Income Protection Decision Highlights a Hidden Risk for Variable Earners
AFCA Income Protection Decision Highlights a Hidden Risk for Variable Earners
18 Jul 2026: Paige Estritori
A recent Australian Financial Complaints Authority decision has put a spotlight on a detail that can be easy to overlook: how an income protection policy defines income. In the case, a policyholder receiving payments under an employer-arranged group income protection policy argued that regular sales commissions should be counted when calculating his pre-disability income. - read more
Broker Transparency Debate: What Personal Trainers Should Watch
Broker Transparency Debate: What Personal Trainers Should Watch
18 Jul 2026: Paige Estritori
A fresh dispute over Australia’s insurance broking standards has put transparency back in the spotlight for small business policyholders, including personal trainers, fitness instructors and studio operators. On 17 July 2026, several consumer and strata owner groups withdrew from consultation on the National Insurance Brokers Association’s rewritten Insurance Brokers Code of Practice, arguing that industry self-regulation does not go far enough on conflicted payments and commission disclosure. - read more
What New Regulator Guidance Could Mean for Cover
What New Regulator Guidance Could Mean for Cover
18 Jul 2026: Paige Estritori
Australia’s life insurance sector has welcomed the Federal Government’s updated expectations for APRA and ASIC, a policy signal that could shape how insurers balance consumer protection, affordability and innovation. The new expectations ask the regulators to keep the financial system safe and stable while also supporting competition, productivity and proportionate oversight. For life insurance customers, the practical question is whether that balance leads to clearer products, better service and cover that remains within reach. - read more
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