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A Calculated Approach

Monday September 8, 2008
Be familiar with your calculator or CAS before you enter the exam room, writes Rob Vermay

Check Your Super For Life Cover

Wednesday October 10, 2007
Nearly all super funds provide life insurance - for death and total and permanent disability - which is paid out of super contributions. But ask anyone how much insurance they have and the answer is likely to be "I wouldn't know". Most people are more preoccupied with their fund's investment returns.

Unguarded Assets

Tuesday December 16, 2003
The devastation caused by summer blazes highlights the need to have adequate insurance.

Safe Or Sorry?

Thursday September 18, 2003
Love private cover or hate it, there are ways to get value for your money, writes Steve Dow.

Healthy, Wealthy Or Wise

Monday January 27, 2003
Coping with the rising cost of health insurance is a tricky operation. By Denise Cullen

Don't Get Sick

Sunday March 2, 1997
With the AMA telling people they could be better off without private health insurance it's time to weigh up the risks. JOHN SYNNOTT and TERRY SMYTH report. BRUCE and Carol Bailey are part of the growing army of Australian families caught in the crossfire of an increasingly bitter war over the nat

Desktop Banking

Wednesday July 31, 1996
Paying bills and keeping watch on his account via the Internet saves Peter Wallace a lot of time in queues. Beth Quinlivan reports Peter Wallace has been using Advance Bank's online banking services for about six months. "I use it to check my account balance every couple of days," h

On-line Banking A Reality

Wednesday July 31, 1996
Mark Fenton-Jones runs through the realities of using the latest technology The best of the home pages on the World Wide Web offer lots of information, usually about that particular bank's products and services, and sometimes bundled with some interactive options such as a calculator. (See pag

A Computer For All Seasons

Tuesday August 22, 1989
YOU work, have a superannuation scheme, money in the sharemarket and unit trusts, insurance bonds, savings accounts, cheque account, ATM card, Bankcard, Visa, Mastercard, American Express - and a huge headache keeping track of it all. The computer industry has focused a lot of attention o

Tulip Tribute

Thursday April 27, 1989
A dinner suit patterned with vintage Australian beer label designs. A blue gingham shirt. One of those extravagant kipper ties that insurance salespeople wore in the seventies. And to bottom it all off, a pair of silver jogging shoes with inbuilt calculator to measure how far you've run. I