Articles tagged with 'ACC'
Long-serving ACC investment chief calls it a day
11 November 2019 - Accident Compensation Corp's chief investment officer Nicholas Bagnall is calling it a day after spending more than a quarter of a century helping build the state-owned workplace insurer's investment portfolio to some $45 billion.
The willful ignorance of a miopic point of view
10 September 2019 - Sounds angry and somewhat is. It comes from constantly being told that commission-based sales people, especially life insurance advisers, are bottom-feeding scum of the earth.
Not acceptable that ACC doesn't cover illness: OECD
13 December 2018 - New Zealand's ACC scheme should be extended to cover illness, the OECD has said in a new report.
nib gets its latest rating report card on its performance
29 October 2017 - Health insurer, nib, has a sound competitive position and sound capital and earnings, Standards and Poors says in its latest report which gives the company an A- rating.
Sovereign launches ACC add-on
6 September 2017 - Sovereign has launched new accidental injury cover, which is designed to give customers financial protection if they suffer an accidental injury.
Kiwibank's IT work-in-progress proves costly
1 September 2017 - Kiwibank’s profit has tumbled more than 50%, largely due to an impairment charge relating to an IT project that may fail to keep up with the pace of customer behaviour change.
Trustee company turns to private equity
1 September 2017 - Private equity company Direct Capital takes a stake in Complectus, which owns Perpetual Guardian and other trustee firms.
Bank boss resigns
22 August 2017 - Kiwibank chief executive Paul Brock is to step down after seven years leading the company.
Getting to Know: Peter Neilson
18 August 2017 - Peter Neilson was the chair of the Financial Services Council until insurers quit in revolt over a report into insurance commissions, and was the Associate Minister of Finance during the sharemarket crash. Here, he talks about why advisers should be more like surgeons.
Goal-based insurance planning
9 August 2017 - It still strikes me as amazing that lots and lots of home loan insurance is sold and not very much “you get to keep your home” insurance is sold.
Mark Weaver has died
12 June 2017 - Actuary Mark Weaver has died after a short fight with cancer.
