Rolling Super Into an SMSF: What Happens to Group Insurance Cover?
Group cover sits inside the fund account, not with the member. A rollover to an SMSF can end it, and an SMSF has no default cover to replace it.
4 days ago
Group Insurance Claims Through Super: Why Claims Stall Even When Cover Exists
APRA data show group super claims are admitted at high rates once lodged. The hurdles sit before and around the decision: cover level, definitions and the lodging process.
4 days ago
Life Insurance & Income Protection for Lawyers in Australia
Solicitors, barristers and judges can qualify for PPS Mutual. How own occupation, self-employed income and practising-certificate exclusions affect cover for lawyers.
4 days ago
PPS Mutual Profit-Share Inside Super: Can It Offset Premium Erosion of a Super Balance in Australia?
Can a PPS Mutual Profit-Share Account held inside super offset the premiums paid from a super balance? Ownership, access rules, tax and the limits, explained.
5 days ago
Moving Life Insurance Into Super in Australia: What Actually Happens — and What to Fix at the Same Time
An existing policy can often be restructured so premiums are paid from superannuation rather than out of pocket — but not always, and the administration itself is the moment to fix everything else that has drifted.
Sep 10


What Life Insurance Costs by Occupation in Australia (2026)
Quoted on 10 September 2026 with the same insurer and the same cover, a carer's TPD cost exactly twice a teacher's and income protection 2.42 times — while life and trauma cover priced identically to the cent. What occupation actually does to a premium, measured across five occupations and three ages on a single day.
Sep 10
How Can Employers and Payroll Platforms Refer Staff for an Insurance Review?
Employers and payroll platforms have a sixth referral option that sits alongside mortgage brokers, accountants and SMSF specialists — a no-cost insurance review offered as an onboarding perk, a rewards-programme inclusion, or a benefits-app feature. What the review actually finds, why the underinsurance gap is the same regardless of channel, and how the referral relationship works.
Sep 4
Are Private and Public Schools Really Different on the Year 6 Canberra Trip?
Public and private schools send Year 6 students to Canberra on almost identical trips. Christopher Hall explains where the real differences lie — and where they don't.
Sep 3
How Should a Mortgage Broker Refer a Client for Life Insurance?
A mortgage broker has six ways to handle a client's life insurance, and the most common one is to do nothing at all. What Standards 3 and 12 of the adviser Code of Ethics say about reciprocal referral arrangements, why applications stall before an insurer ever decides, and what a broker should look for in an adviser.
Aug 31
Real Life Insurance: What the Product Disclosure Statements Actually Say
Real Insurance publishes at least three separate life insurance PDSs, and the same defined term does not mean the same thing across them. What each document states, with page references, and how the same clauses read in four adviser-distributed products.
Aug 6


