Archive for the ‘Insurance’ Category

Top 5 newsletters from 2009.

If you haven’t checked out our latest newsletter - you can do so by clicking here. 
We covered all the best newsletters for 2009.  We also included a quick reference index of the remaining newsletters from last year.  Take a few minutes to check it out.  You might find something that will make a big difference to [...]

Recapping 2009’s top posts

If this is your first week back from holiday .. welcome!  We hope you spent time over the Xmas & New Year period relaxing and revitalising ready for a fantastic 2010.
Here’s a quick recap of some of our top posts last year: 
Is busyness a sign of success?
We discuss why running round like a “blue ass fly”, [...]

Ready for some appalling statistics?

Ready for some appalling statistics? ”
In a recent survey conducted by the Chamber of Commerce, 54% of business owners said their overdraft was secured by property (I’m left wondering whether it was their business property or actually their home - I’m hoping it’s not the latter (in most cases probably a false hope I’d say).  
Of this [...]

To break or not to break

There’s lots of talk at the moment about interest rates.  Whether to break your current mortgage and take advantage of the low rates, or keep paying at a higher rate.  A lot of that depends on

Just how much DID YOU PAY your insurance broker?

Happy New Year!  Hope you are rested and re-energised for 2009.
We’re going to start the year on our high horse (again) about people who earn their income from commission.  This time we’re going to take a swipe at the insurance industry.  (In a previous post we were disgruntled with mortgage brokers.)
On a client’s request we [...]

Does your mortgage broker give you the right advice?

We’re just helping a client raise a mortgage and restructure the business‘s banking arrangements  and we were reminded yet again about the tunnel vision of some professionals.
This is probably going to be a sweeping generalization that will upset a few people, but here goes anyway…
Mortgage brokers seem to think they are in the business of [...]

Welcome to our blog!

We’ve been looking for ways to make our website more interactive and user-friendly for our clients and visitors … so here it is … our new blog!
Now you’ll be able to make comment, ask questions, or derisively snuff at any of our ramblings without fear of a verbal backlash …
We’ll be updating our blog regularly [...]