Life Insurance News

When it comes to life insurance, most Australians admit defeat before they've even started. Navigating your way around the hundreds of polices on offer can be hard work, not to mention understanding the value of all of the optional extras and pricings.

Most Australians already know main personal insurance types such as life insurance, income protection insurance, trauma insurance & TPD Insurance. However there are less known different types of personal insurance.

Although most Australian families have some level of life insurance cover, most are unaware of the inadequacy of their policy.

Up until recently if your BMI was higher than 32 many life insurance companies would have classified consumers as overweight and obese and would calculate how much you would need to pay for life insurance by your BMI.

It is not always the best idea to buy Insurance Direct, as to determine how much and what type of life insurance to buy is one of the most important financial decisions you will ever make, it is also one of the most complicated.

New market data shows that overall life insurance premium inflows continued to demonstrate very healthy growth up by yet another 13.4% year on year basis and reached almost $9.2bn.

Virgin Money decided to run a Life Insurance Competition to mark the launch of their Virgin Life Insurance product in Australia. Do you get any real value with this competition or is it just a marketing gimmick?

There are many myths which may prevent Australians from accessing the benefits of life insurance. Below is a quick guide of 4 most common life insurance myths and facts.

According to recent research by Suncorp Life Insurance - 40 is statistically the most dangerous year of your life, thus it may be a good time to update your life insurance.

Asteron Insurance has announced a first to market initiative in eliminating mandatory Medical Exams across its entire range of life insurance products.