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Insurance, disasters and embargoes, oh my! Don’t let procrastination put you at risk.

What is stopping you? Seems that procrastination plays a big part in not protecting your assets. Let us give you some insights into why you should take action before it’s too late.

What is an insurance embargo?

Insurance companies will often place an embargo on areas if there are events such as a fire, cyclone or flood. It’s basically a restriction the insurer applies where they won’t accept new policies in certain areas/circumstances. It can stop people from purchasing insurance when an event is known to be extremely likely or already having an impact.

What does this mean for you? If you think that the moment you know of a real fire threat coming your way, you can then go and place cover on your home just when you need it, you may find that you cannot!

We’re not able to place most insurance covers in areas that have an embargo on it. Once the threat has passed, the embargo is lifted and we can then look to place cover for you.

Don’t gamble with your risk

Did you know that some policies have time frame exclusions to events like bushfire? So if you’ve just gotten insurance, as we’re heading into summer. However, if there was a fire on your property within three days of binding cover, you may not be insured. Policies can vary, so you do need to read the policy wording.

Did you know that some insurance claims will be investigated for fraud? This is one way to keep things fair for those that have legitimate claims, and can help to keep the costs of insurance down.

Insurance is in place to share the risk with you. It allows you to go about your life and have your assets protected.

Mitigate and manage your insurable risks – and maybe save some money, too!

You can help yourself!

If you take measures to reduce your risk, insurance companies reward you.

  • Have a monitored alarm system? You could get a discount.
  • Is your landlord property looked after by a professional? You could save money.
  • Store your car in a garage and not on the street? Again you could get a discount.
  • Don’t have any young drivers? Another factor taken into account to lower your costs.

This information doesn’t take your personal or financial situation into account and may only be regarded as general advice. You should speak to us or your insurance broker before taking action. And, of course, always read the fine print (i.e. product disclosure statement) before purchasing any financial product.

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Risk management AND cheaper insurance premiums?

Did you know that there are a number of ways you can help reduce your risk which can often make your insurance premiums cheaper? Winner!

Risk mitigation examples

Have an alarm on your home? You could get a better discount or rate if it is a monitored alarm. Same with having key locks on your windows and deadlocks on your doors!

Businesses – a holistic approach

Perhaps you have a business, good policies and procedures will help with your insurance rates. Don’t forget about your people risk, too! Having good HR policies and procedures (that are easily accessible and consistently referenced) helps give you a more holistic risk management program.

Simple things like setting up a calendar reminder to review any office risks or hazards is a good way to stay on top of tripping hazards, ergonomics, any frayed wires or electrics and so on.

Hospitality horror stories

Hospitality and restaurant businesses take heed – if you have a deep fryer, you’ll need to have the flues cleaned on a maintenance  program, most policies insist on this. Put tea towels away from a heat source, as they can combust and cause fires. Make sure rubbish is cleaned regularly and away from heat.There have been a couple of notable fires in Melbourne this year that may have been caused by some of these issues, one on the infamous Degraves St, and another at China Bar on the corner of Russell and Lonsdale St. The China Bar fire is estimated to have resulted in over $250,000 worth of damage (not to mention the cost to the business in a situation like this, from the disruption and having to close its doors and repair or rebuild the restaurant, pay its people or let them go, the loss of regular customers as they are forced to find new favourite restaurants…) 

Creating a program that regularly addresses the common risk culprits, along with robust safety training for your team could make a huge headache turn into a manageable mishap.

Talk to us about how you could prevent or better manage your risks!

This information may be regarded as general advice. That is, your personal objectives, needs or financial situations were not taken into account when preparing this information. Accordingly, you should consider the appropriateness of any general advice we have given you, having regard to your own objectives, financial situation and needs before acting on it. Where the information relates to a particular financial product, you should obtain and consider the relevant product disclosure statement before making any decision to purchase that financial product.