Take The Stress Out Of Choosing Insurance

Whether you’ve just launched your complementary therapies practice or are running a full-time clinic, it’s important to have insurance. Finding the right insurance policy can be a challenging and time-consuming process. Policies are often written in complicated legal jargon – and it can be difficult to find cover for all areas of your practice.

In the past, a common way to get relevant insurance was to join an association that represented your modality, but what if you had more than one modality? Would that mean you’d need multiple associations and insurance providers to cover each of your modalities?

Short answer? Yes. Many associations will only cover the modality represented by that association. If you practice more than one modality, you might have to join multiple associations to cover each treatment you offer clients.

This could increase your business costs significantly because you might have to:

• Cover membership fees for several associations
• Pay for multiple insurance policies
• Spend additional time on continuing education courses required by each association.

Becoming a member of IICT offers you:

1. Credibility - Provide your clients peace of mind by ensuring that your qualifications are recognised by IICT’s international professional industry body. We acknowledge international qualifications and there is no obligation for ongoing Continued Professional Education (CPE) or first aid certificates to attain or maintain your membership at IICT.

2. Cover - At IICT, we’ve leveraged our collective buying power to provide you with access to competitively priced insurance cover across multiple modalities. 

3. Community - You’ll join our thriving global community of 10,500 complementary therapists and like-minded professionals from over 1,100 different modalities.

4. Confidence - IICT is not just a professional membership industry body – we are committed to the growth of your complementary therapies business. We provide professional industry support, tools and resources to grow your practice with confidence, ease and enjoyment.

Hear from IICT member Toni Reilly

“Before joining IICT, I found it impossible to be recognised by any professional body for my specialist modality, Past Life Regression,” says Toni.

“As a therapist I required Past Life Regression to be recognised as a legitimate complementary therapy.”

“Nothing worked and there was nobody who would insure any therapist for Past Life Regression.”

“That was until I began working with the amazing team at IICT. They worked long and hard to make available insurance and to have it recognised as a legitimate therapy.”

Choose between four professional IICT Membership plans:

• • Student Membership – just AUD $1 + GST for the first year!*
    • • Professional recognition for up to two student modalities
      • Access to IICT member exclusive insurance rates
      • International enrolments accepted
      • Access to the IICT Members-only Facebook community
      • Use of IICT student seals and logos

Please note, an official student enrolment letter is required upon application. Course receipts and welcome letters will not be accepted.

*Student membership is AUD $1 + GST for the first year and AUD $39 + GST per year thereafter.

• • Full Membership – AUD $179 + GST per year
    • • Professional recognition for up to three modalities
      • Access to IICT member exclusive insurance rates
      • International qualifications accepted
      • No Continued Professional Education (CPE) or First Aid requirements
      • Use of IICT professional seals and logos
      • Access to the IICT Members-only Facebook community
      • IICT Directory listing
      • Downloadable practitioner resources and templates

• • Executive Membership – AUD $199 + GST per year
    • • Professional recognition for up to 7 modalities
      • Access to IICT member exclusive insurance rates
      • International qualifications accepted
      • No Continued Professional Education (CPE) or First Aid requirements
      • Use of IICT professional seals and logos
      • IICT Directory listing
      • Downloadable practitioner resources and templates
      • Business Tips video vault
      • Natural Marketing eBook Bundle
      • Access to the IICT Members-only Facebook community
      • and Business Mastermind Facebook group
      • 12 Weeks to Business Success video vault

• • Premier Membership – AUD $299 + GST per year
    • • Professional recognition for unlimited modalities
      • Access to IICT member exclusive insurance rates
      • International qualifications accepted
      • No Continued Professional Education (CPE) or First Aid requirements
      • Use of IICT professional seals and logos
      • IICT Directory listing
      • Downloadable practitioner resources and templates
      • Business Tips video vault
      • Natural Marketing eBook Bundle
      • Access to the IICT Members-only Facebook community and Business Mastermind Facebook group
      • 12 Weeks to Business Success video vault
      • Discounted advertising rates on IICT’s social media platforms
      • Priority application processing

You must be a current IICT member to be eligible for the IICT member insurance program. If your membership ceases you will not be offered renewal when your policy expires. In arranging this insurance for our members IICT is acting as a distributor of BMS Risk Solutions Pty Ltd (BMS) AFSL 461594, ABN 45161187980 (AUS members) and BMS Risk Solutions (NZ) Limited (BMS), FSP 696531, NZBN 9429047279339 (NZ members). The insurance is issued by BMS under binder with Certain Underwriters at Lloyds. When acting under a binder BMS acts as agent for the insurer and not as your agent. This is general advice only and BMS has not considered whether it is suitable for your particular objectives, needs or financial situation. Please read the Product Disclosure Statement and the BMS Terms of Engagement which contains the Financial Services Guide (AUS members) and Product Disclosure Statement and FAP Disclosure Statement (NZ members) before making a decision about purchasing this policy. IICT may receive a percentage of the commission paid to BMS by the insurer and/or a fee per policy.

Article written by: IICT