Our range of short informational videos are designed to answer, simply and clearly, what you need to know about particular issues to do with:
If you'd like us to create a video about a specific topic that's not covered here, feel free to contact us and let us know.
This is a short video on superannuation and insurance benefits for people who have ceased work due to leukemia and other blood cancers. If you are diagnosed with a blood cancer and your health is impacted to the point that you need to stop working, you may be entitled to claim income protection or total and permanent disability insurance benefits (TPD), which are held in your superannuation account.
This video will cover the topic of legal capacity and explain what our approach to determining legal capacity is and let you know what we do to make sure our clients understand the work we are doing - even when capacity is not an issue.
This video is aimed at assisting people that are still working after being diagnosed with a chronic illness. The work we do focuses on assisting these people to make sure that they protect their insurance coverage, like TPD, income protection and trauma insurance, in case they have to stop working due to illness in the future.
In this video we will cover, in plain English: what TPD means, what a TPD benefit is, who has TPD insurance cover, who should claim TPD benefits, how you can claim TPD benefits and hat happens if your TPD claim is accepted.
This is a short video on superannuation and insurance benefits for people who have ceased work due to mental health issues or mental illness. Many people stop working, temporarily or permanently, each year because of mental health issues or illness. Many of these people will be entitled to claim income protection or total and permanent disability insurance benefits which are held in their superannuation account.
This is a short message about superannuation & insurance for people on the disability support pension or on JobSeeker with a work test exemption. If you have ever worked, you should have had super which included insurance benefits for disability and you might still be able to claim TPD or income protection benefits. In this video, Tom Cobban talks about how these benefits might affect your DSP (if at all).
This is a short message about stopping or reducing your work if you have a chronic illness and in particular, how to claim your super and insurance. Before you stop work or reduce your hours, it’s important to check how a change in your work arrangements might affect your superannuation and in particular, any cover you may have for TPD or Income Protection.
In this video, we explain Disability Support Pension (“DSP”) options for people with Multiple Sclerosis. We look at the eligibility rules for receiving the DSP. There are four requirements for a DSP. You must have injuries/illnesses which are diagnosed, fully treated and stabilised, and have an incapacity to work more than 15 hours per week for the next two years, and have a combined 20+ points under one or more of the 15 impairment tables, and complete of a Program of Support (“POS”). We also look at how to apply for the DSP and what to do if your application is rejected.
In this video, we discuss some of the financial issues that people with chronic illness may face when applying for travel insurance. Such issues can include getting and claiming on travel insurance for medical and other claims, COVID-19 and travel insurance, and access to Centrelink when overseas.
In this video, we look at rejected disability insurance claims, like TPD and income protection claims, and your options for appealing claims when a super fund or insurer rejects your claim and will not pay.
Income protection benefits, also called salary continuance benefits, provide a monthly payment to you if you get sick or injured and have to stop working or reduce your work hours and income. Our simple animation explores eligibility and benefits.
Receiving a letter rejecting your TPD claim can be very confronting. Do not give up at the first hurdle. This is a short and simple animation looking at your options if your claim is denied.
A total and permanent disability claim, called a TPD claim, is a lump sum insurance benefit. We have helped people successfully claim TPD benefits for back injuries or other physical injuries, mental health conditions and neurological conditions like Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neuron Disease and cancer. This short and simple animation explains eligibility and entitlements.