Christmas Safety
Tis the season to avoid online scammers In a bid to avoid Christmas crowds, online shopping during the festive season is very appealing. And while […]
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House deposits – is Airbnb the answer? New company offering down payments with a catch
Down payment with a catch It’s getting harder and harder for many to enter the housing market, but a new start-up in America is making […]
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Airbnb – what are your rights?
Do you have rights to share your home? Airbnb has become a central player in the sharing economy in the last decade. While its usage […]
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Cyclone season is upon us
That’s not a cyclone…this is a cyclone Although the effects of Cyclones Debbie, Yasi, Marcia and Larry are generally well known, these are dwarfed by […]
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New ID Scanning Laws – what you need to know
The new ID scanning laws came into effect in Queensland from 1 July 2017. The purpose of these laws is to identify individuals who are […]
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Travel Insurance Review
The Insurance market is reviewing cover in respect to mental illness. At the time of writing, some policies specifically exclude mental illness whilst others are […]
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Social Media…grounds for termination?
The Fair Work Commission has increasingly been required to review issues raised by the use of social media in the workplace. The proliferation of, and […]
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Employment Contracts
An Employment Contract is an Agreement between an Employer and an Employee that sets out Terms and Conditions of Employment. A Contract can be in […]
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Combustible Cladding
The Grenfell Tower fire in London in June 2017 has put building cladding under the spotlight with audits happening around Australia as a result. Manufacturers […]
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Car thefts on the rise
If car owners think the improved security now fitted to most new vehicles has forced car thieves to move on to easier targets, think again! […]
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Creepy crawly spider facts
DID YOU KNOW? You are rarely more than a few metres from a spider. And that one acre of ground is home to about a […]
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Travel smart and travel safe
Passport – check. Clothes – check. Medications – check. Smartphone – check. You’ve got all of the above, but what about travel insurance? Travelling overseas […]
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Cyclone Debbie – the good and the bad
As the state continues to recover from ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie, the real cost of the cyclone quite possibly will never be known. The cyclone, which […]
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Protecting against cyber predators
On May 13, 2017 many internet users in the UK, Europe and Russia woke to a major Ransom Cyberattack. The USA was lucky, they were […]
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Mandatory data breach notification laws to come into force
Parliament has recently taken steps to address issues relating to cybercrimes by passing the Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 on 13 February, 2017. […]
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End of Financial Year Checklist
It’s that time of year again and the End of Financial Year is upon us. Before 30 June take a moment to review your business […]
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Protecting What Is Shared
Insurance Adviser takes a look at the sharing economy and the opportunities, and challenges, it offers brokers in the public liability space. Current estimates value […]
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ASIC calls for standardised insurance definitions
Insurance companies should consider standardising their policy definitions to make it easier for people to compare policies against one another, the corporate regulator said on Wednesday. […]
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Suncorp and other insurers warn Federal Government against cyclone insurance plan
SUNCORP has reignited warnings against setting up a government-backed cyclone insurer for North Queensland. The Federal Government in March last year seemed to have killed […]
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Workers in the home – are you covered?
Injuries to household and domestic workers: Are you covered? Queensland Home and Contents insurance policies exclude injuries to Domestic Workers such as domestic cleaners, babysitters, […]
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NBN…Cause for Alarm?
The rollout of the NBN network involves new technologies and some of your existing devices are unlikely to be compatible with the new system. Transitioning […]
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Pool Safety in Queensland
Of Australia’s 280 drowning deaths in the year to June 2016, 45 occurred in backyard swimming pools according to The Royal Life Saving’s National Drowning […]
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Cyclone Debbie does more damage – this time to insurance company profits
As residents and businesses clean up from the ravages of Cyclone Debbie, a second round of damage is hitting. Now insurance company shareholders are feeling […]
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Insurance claims climb as Queensland gets drenched in wake of Cyclone Debbie
BUSINESSES are starting to make insurance claims for being knocked out of operation by Cyclone Debbie while homeowners are slowly recording damage. About 3500 claims […]
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