Take these steps to cut your insurance premiums and you’ll probably save a fortune too. Monday morning this week I set some time aside to look at all the insurance our family is paying each year. I was inspired by articles like this one and this one. On the one hand, I wanted to make… Read more »
If you want to reduce your home and contents insurance premiums, you need to know exactly what you’re insuring. First up, when’s the last time you had a wander around your house and assessed the value of what’s inside? The carpets, curtains, electronics (TVs, computers, home entertainment etc), furniture, clothes… fill in the blanks. Now… Read more »
There’s a revolution under way in commerce. Within five years, consumer data rights will have transformed competition and simplified the way we live. Yet most of us know little about it, or think it’s restricted to banking. It’s the brainchild of former Productivity Commission chief Peter Harris and Scott Morrison when he was treasurer. The Productivity… Read more »
Would you believe that according to figures from the Reserve Bank, Aussies paid $3.56 billion in personal bank fees last financial year? That equates to around $364 per household in bank fees a year. The good news is we’re wising up to the bank fee rorts – these amounts were 10 per cent down on… Read more »
So many people spend more money than they have, for just as many different reasons. Coming to terms with what those reasons are is the first step in building a personal finance plan that you can stick to. Spending money is fun and it can make us feel powerful, sexy, in control and in charge.… Read more »
We all know people we’d call ‘born negotiators’. The ones who seem to be able to wheel and deal their way through life. However, as David Koch points out in this week’s show, most of us aren’t like that at all. Instead, we’re intimidated by the mere thought of approaching our boss or a store… Read more »
These strategies to get a pay rise have been put to the test time and time again. I’ve used them as a blueprint in our coaching sessions with women in preparing them to renegotiate their salaries; and the results have astounded even us. Time and time again we’ve seen that with the right strategy, the… Read more »
Weekly money, life and business news delivered to your inbox.
