| How Credit Card Balance Transfers Can Damage Your Credit Rating Since the banks and finance providers have been castigated for the way they seemingly indiscriminately awarded credit to people who could ill afford it, the chances of being accepted for loans and credit cards have decreased. Concurrently, there is a greater focus on individual's being aware of how credit works and what their financial behaviors means in terms of a credit score and history. - read more
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| Credit Card Secret Guarantee Most people use credit cards in some form or another but few truly appreciate one of the special features of credit cards that make using their credit card to insure their purchases. - read more
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| 5 Credit Killers A good credit score speaks volumes about your financial habits. It's the evidence most creditors need to evaluate your credit worthiness. - read more
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| 7 things you need to know about a Hire Purchase loan There are seven things you should know before you ever think of getting a Hire Purchase loan. Knowing these things will give you control and power in the loan process. Power and control will will save you money - read more
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| Softening Insurance Market Gives Consultants Room to Review Cover Fri, 24 Jul: Australian consultants approaching renewal season may have more negotiating room than they have had for several years, with Marsh’s latest Global Insurance Market Index showing another quarter of falling commercial insurance pricing. - read more
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| Defect Insurance Reform Moves From Policy Ambition to Market Test Fri, 24 Jul: Australia’s apartment defect insurance debate has moved into a more practical phase: not whether governments want stronger consumer protection, but whether the insurance market can deliver it at scale, on time and on workable terms. - read more
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| AFCA Travel Insurance Decision Puts Pre-Existing Conditions Under the Microscope Fri, 24 Jul: A fresh Australian Financial Complaints Authority decision has highlighted how broadly travel insurance exclusions for pre-existing medical conditions can operate, particularly where anxiety or another mental health condition is already recorded before a policy is bought. - read more
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| New Murray River Boat Show Puts Regional Buyers in Focus Fri, 24 Jul: The Boating Industry Association of Victoria has named Yarrawonga as the host location for the Murray River Boat Show in 2027, adding another regional event to Australia’s growing boating calendar. Scheduled for 12–14 March 2027, the inaugural show will bring dealers, marine brands and boating services to the Lake Mulwala and Murray River precinct, a region already closely associated with waterskiing, freshwater fishing and family boating. - read more
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