When my home insurance policy recently came up for renewal I thought it a good time to check that I was adequately covered. It turns out I wasn't because I live in a high risk bush fire zone and changes in building standards and regulations mean that replacement homes must be built to better withstand natural disasters – which add to the rebuild cost.  The average cost of rebuilding homes ha... read more>

Comprehensive car cover is a must-have for some of us but it’s far from cheap, so it makes sense to look for ways to save. You can save hundreds in some cases by paying at a certain time, or a certain way, and you can also save by knowing some of the more common myths about car insurance. The Insurance Council of Australia’s figures here show that premium costs on average have stayed belo... read more>

A recent article by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon suggests a very simple way to motivate you to compare your house and car insurance. Nicole is a commentator and educator who delivers Smart Money Start, fun financial literacy, in high schools around Australia. themoneymentorway.com She writes… It's stunningly simple yet breathtakingly effective – and our government needs ... read more>

As the argument continues as to whose fault it is that million dollar properties are teetering on the brink of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, in the long term, it will cost us all. According to David Issa, former CEO NRMA Insurance and FiftyUp Club CEO  "this event will mean higher home & contents insurance premiums for all of us in the coming years." So far, more tha... read more>

More than 10,000 Australian over-50s have joined the MA50+ campaign in less than 24 hours since it began. That’s half way to the target they hoped to reach within 4 weeks and is about 7 over-50s joining every minute since the campaign kicked off on Monday morning. The MA50+ campaign aims to use the combined buying power of 20,000 consumers aged over 50 to negotiate exclusively disco... read more>