Income protection insurance can offer a lifeline if you’re unable to work due to illness or injury by paying out a portion of your salary while you’re off. Our guide explains the options to help you ...

Private placement securities continue to offer insurers attractive opportunities to enhance portfolio income, according to a recent report.

As PE firms expand their presence in the insurance business and insurers hold more PE assets, risk concerns are rising and regulators are taking note. Traditionally, the life insurance and annuity ...

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when searching and comparing private medical insurance (also known as private health insurance) plans and policies. Insurers offer a range of levels of cover and benefits ...

Yuting Zhang has received funding from the Australian Research Council (future fellowship project ID FT200100630), Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Victorian Department of Health, and National ...

Insurance companies have been turning increasingly to alternative asset managers and have invested more in private credit, boosting investment returns. But it’s heightened risks, too, ratings and ...

Questions are being raised about “outdated” age limits on income protection which could leave older workers and entrepreneurs exposed to financial risks. Currently, the maximum age you can take out ...

If you’re one of the 45% of Australians with private health insurance, chances are the government pays, or has paid, a proportion of your premiums via rebates. Taxpayer spending on these private ...

A federal government shutdown has halted the issuance of new National Flood Insurance Program policies. Private flood insurance is filling the gap, allowing real estate transactions to continue.

There’s so much to love about running your own business: from the freedom and flexibility of choosing when and where you work to the simple joy of not having a boss to tell you what to do. However, ...