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Thursday August 28, 2008
THERE is a common belief among spouses and partners that when death occurs, the life insurance policy will be promptly paid out. It comes as a great shock when it isn't and takes months before it is paid out and then only after a mountain of paperwork is completed and probate obtained.The Probate Trap
Wednesday August 27, 2008
There is a common belief among spouses and partners that when death occurs, the life insurance policy will be promptly paid out. It comes as a great shock when it isn't and takes months before it is paid out - and then only after a mountain of paperwork is completed and probate obtained.Work Out What Your Life's Worth
Thursday September 21, 2006
No need to regret not having it. Life insurance really does pay for itself if it's bought tax-effectively.Farmer Had Policy On Wife
Saturday May 6, 2006
GRAEME King, a struggling dairy farmer, took out a $100,000 insurance policy on Nancy Kaye King's life a month before she was found dead.Unkempt Tycoon In Court
Wednesday November 9, 2005
FOUR years after the state coroner pronounced him dead from a boating accident in Port Stephens, flamboyant millionaire businessman Harry Gordon has appeared in a Sydney court charged over a $3.5-million life insurance swindle.Back From The Dead To Face Charges
Wednesday November 9, 2005
Four years after the state coroner pronounced him dead, flamboyant millionaire businessman Harry Gordon has appeared in court, charged over a $3.5 million life insurance swindle.Life Insurance 'claimed Twice'
Friday April 15, 2005
FIVE years before her husband was shot dead, Michelle Willard tried to cash in on her husband's life insurance worth $251,050, Newcastle Supreme Court was told yesterday.Insurance Policy 'joke'
Saturday April 9, 2005
ON the day her husband was shot dead in their Muswellbrook lounge room, Michelle Willard sent a message to her real estate agent to proceed with a planned house purchase, Newcastle Supreme Court was told yesterday.Policy Taken Out By Wife, Slay Trial Told
Thursday April 7, 2005
A WOMAN went shopping for a high-performance car and took out a life insurance policy on her husband only weeks before he was shot dead in the couple's Muswellbrook lounge room, Newcastle Supreme Court was told yesterday.Choice Sparks An Insurance Debate
Tuesday March 8, 2005
THE superannuation industry has stepped up its campaign to force the Federal Government to ensure employers deposit employees' superannuation in accounts that offer life insurance.Five Insurance Traps That Could Leave You Broke
Sunday March 6, 2005
Frozen money and big tax bills are just two things that can go wrong with life insurance, writes Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon.British Insurance Deal Keeps Amp On The Road To Financial Recovery
Saturday December 11, 2004
ALMOST a year ago to the day, AMP shareholders filed slowly, unhappily and fearfully into Sydney's Horden Pavilion to vote reluctantly on the proposed demerger of their Australasian businesses from the British life insurance operations that had dragged the group to the brink of the abyss.Cashing In On Others' Life Insurance
Saturday November 20, 2004
If two certainties in life are death and taxes, it was only a matter of time before someone figured out how to make money out of one or the other.
Brisbane-based Life Settlements Funds aims to make money from people dying. It plans to do so by buying people's life insurance policies before they die, and cashing in when the insured person dies and the insurance company pays out.Take Stock And Then Take Cover
Wednesday November 3, 2004
The strategy To make sure I have enough life insurance.Court Hears Of Life Policy Bid
Wednesday July 14, 2004
A MUSWELLBROOK mother of three accused of murdering her husband tried to take out an accidental-death insurance policy in his name after ensuring it covered being "shot, killed", a court heard yesterday.Am Directors Outed From Superannuation Funds For 10 Years
Tuesday August 19, 2003
AM Corporation's two-year problem with its traded life insurance policy fund ended yesterday with enforceable undertakings from two directors, a 10-year ban on their activities in the superannuation industry, and a seven-figure settlement with the industry regulator.Your Money For Your Life
Wednesday August 6, 2003
With high mortgages and rising debts, having enough insurance cover is more important than ever, writes Christine Long.Want A Laugh? Let The Life Insurance Sales Folk Entertain You
Sunday April 6, 2003
Life insurance is a risky business and, from next year, it is going to get a lot tougher for the traditional sales agents. The high commissions they are paid will, at last, have to be fully disclosed to consumers.