My Fellow Members, Last week I spoke to you about switching providers and getting a better deal. This week I wanted to let you know it’s not the only way. A wise friend of mine who’s been in insurance all his life said to me recently the adage in the industry is that it’s harder to get a new customer […]

Hello Fellow FiftyUp Club Members, This week I’d like to talk to you about a business expression known as “churn”. Churn is when a company calculates how many customers it has lost versus how many customers it has gained over a period of time. It is the bane of many a corporate executive in Australia and is currently at an […]

As with any Budget, there is good and bad news for FiftyUps and their hip pockets this week. Here is our summary of the measures that could affect FiftyUps in a NEGATIVE way. To read the other side of the story, click on the link at the bottom of this page. The Bad News Pensions: The age pension will be […]

As with any Budget, there is good and bad news for FiftyUps and their hip pockets this week. Here is our summary of the measures that could affect FiftyUps in a POSITIVE way. To read the other side of the story, click on the link at the bottom of this page. The Good News Sustainable spending: Noone knows the importance […]

Treasurer Joe Hockey has upped the ante on his pre-Budget rhetoric again today, announcing an “unprecedented” target for cutting spending growth and suggesting the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme could be curtailed along with the age pension and Medicare in the May 13 Budget. Now it’s over to you. We want to know how rumoured changes in the Budget will affect you, so that […]