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Prospective travellers are urged to check their insurance before setting foot outside Australia, as the impending Swine Flu pandemic could leave them out in the cold.

Seven steps and a checklist to help you get the most out of the initial meeting with a financial planner, and subsequent meetings.

Definitions and helpful tips on getting the best life insurance cover for you and your family, with information on all sorts of cover, from income protection to total and permanent disability cover. If you're shopping around for life insurance, this is a great place to start learning before you start to compare policies.

General wisdom would suggest that the greater the value life insurance you purchase the more you would have to pay but this is not necessarily the case. In fact, you could actually end up paying less for more cover.

Finding a financial planner that meets your needs may be easier than you think. There are a number of ways to search for a planner in your local area. You should also know what to look for when selecting a financial planner.

A life insurance jargon buster to help you make sense of all those strange terms you come across when shopping around and learning about life insurance. Read this glossary for a run-down on commonly used jargon.

How much is your life worth? This is more than a rhetorical question when buying life insurance cover. To help you begin crunching the numbers we have made available a simple life insurance cover worksheet as a basic guide.

If you have been knocked back by a life insurer in the past or if you have a pre-existing health issue or a risky job you think would exclude you from being able to obtain Life Insurance, don't be deterred. It's definitely worth applying again, and here's why.