Jon-Paul Hale returns for part two of Disability Benefits
Jon-Paul Hale

Jon-Paul Hale returns for part two of Disability Benefits

As I mentioned before, giving advice on two and five year disability benefit periods can be tricky, especially if you focus on short-term coverage.

Mon, Apr 20th 2026 07:08PM
Short-Term Disability Benefits

Short-Term Disability Benefits

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Embracing Change

Embracing Change

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Trauma Cover; the good, the bad, and the ugly

Trauma Cover; the good, the bad, and the ugly

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Trauma Cover: Are we thinking things through or just doing what we have always done?

Trauma Cover: Are we thinking things through or just doing what we have always done?

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Modern-Day demands of income protection

Modern-Day demands of income protection

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Service levels and transfer of workloads

Service levels and transfer of workloads

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Should FAPs be accepting signature-less policy processing

Should FAPs be accepting signature-less policy processing

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Medical premiums and the public system

Medical premiums and the public system

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CoFI: Is this the catalyst for changing service commissions?

CoFI: Is this the catalyst for changing service commissions?

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Medical premiums and the public system

Medical premiums and the public system

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Should we be commoditising life insurance?

Should we be commoditising life insurance?

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Complaints processes and the rules can be two different things

Complaints processes and the rules can be two different things

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Policy value and retrospective advice

Policy value and retrospective advice

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CPI, it's simple, right?

CPI, it's simple, right?

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Appalling agency application processes

Appalling agency application processes

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Insuranmce Briefs
The importance of health insurance tools
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AIA expands menopause support toolkit
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AIA adds grocery discounts to Vitality
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Intelligent claims management platform arrives
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Latest Comments
NZFSG calls out banks for chasing advisers' clients
The point should be made the banks assured the Commerce Commission at their recent review that the Adviser Channel and Bank channels were equitable .
14 hours ago Finadv
Fidelity Life sold to Partners
Good leaders are a rare commodity these days. Milton built a great business but when he left, a succession of bankers took over who we know are ignorant about insurance. We saw AMP buy AXA with bankers running AMP. What resulted was two 100 year old businesses being destroyed have bankers at the helm. We can hope that the boards of the few remaining insurers note that appointing a person with a banking background to the leadership role is a destructive appointment.
3 days ago Quality Advice
Fidelity Life sold to Partners
A shame to see Fidelity Life ceasing to be NZ owned, and for there to be no NZ owned Insurers left. It's sad to see what has happened to the company since Milton Jennings was in charge. You get the feeling if more of his type of leadership was continued that Fidelity might have continued to grow rather than the slow decline that has happened since Milton's tenure.
3 days ago Just an opinion
Who is responsible for notifying policy changes?
Of course it is the responsibility of the insurer to clearly communicate with its Policy holders, and Advisers together, regarding all changes on a Policy. There is at least one insurer that feels that a simple email to the Advisor on every Anniversary renewal is a bit too much for them! The Advisor has to be pro-active and chase renewal communications every year through the Insurer's website. Where is the responsibility of the insurer there?
4 days ago Porus Kateli
Fidelity Life sold to Partners
Can the New Zealand Life Insurance afford further shrinkage? With AIA performing so poorly options to insure will fall to just Partners, Asteron ( Acenda) and Chubb for mainstream Life Insurers. Of course there is PSP but they have a very small, targeted client group.
4 days ago Quality Advice