28 Apr Mind the gap!
When it comes to personal protection, Australians are making a worrying return to a ‘she’ll be right’ approach, with fewer than one in five checking their levels of personal insurance. BT’s Australian Financial Health Index1 (AFHI) found that overall, the nation’s financial wellbeing has remained relatively stable. However after positive shifts in attitudes towards insurance in 2012-2013, the more recent 2014 AFHI found an uplift in levels of confusion and indifference in regards to personal protection. See the infographic here. We’re more likely to insure our car than ourselves As a guide to how personal insurances often play second fiddle to other types of cover, 76% of Australians claim to insure their car, yet only 33% also claim to have life cover and just one in five (20%) claim to have income protection insurance. Indeed, tangible assets are typically seen as more worthy of...