Articles tagged with 'claims'
A claim, without a policy in place
9 September 2024 - One claim stands out for Rick Willis, because it was paid by an insurance company that didn’t even fully cover the client yet.
Claim time is ‘when rubber hits road’
24 August 2024 - A client who was able to continue building a new home despite being off work for 18 months is one of the recent highlights for Brave Day.
Cold call changes insured's life
13 December 2021 - It takes a strong person to talk about their health issues on a live webcast but for Neville Greedus a series of life-changing medical events helped him realise the importance of having a top-quality adviser in his corner.
Tower enlists AI partner to bust claims fraud
6 October 2021 - Tower has partnered with Dutch AI-based solution FRISS to automate and accelerate its claims process and help detect genuine and suspicious claims in real-time.
Bad backs dominate health cover claims
1 October 2021 - Surgery for bad backs has topped the list of most expensive surgical claims funded by Southern Cross Health Insurance with the highest individual claim coming in at $222,000.
Southern Cross boosts surplus profits; Claims paid tops $1 bill
16 September 2021 - Southern Cross Health Society Group has posted a surplus of more than $50 million while also growing its membership numbers by more than 8500 and paying out more than $1 billion dollars in claims.
Health insurance claims top $400m in last quarter
30 August 2021 - New data reveals Kiwi's have been paid out $400 million in health insurance claims in the quarter to June 30.
FSCL case highlights need for better record keeping
5 August 2021 - A complaint accusing an adviser of selling income protection insurance that was not fit for purpose has been dropped by Financial Services Complaints Ltd but highlights the need for accurate record-keeping by advisers.
Income protection: Why taxable losses are not the right advice
3 August 2021 - Frankly, there are only two reasons loss of earnings, agreed or indemnity, is sold over agreed value - the commission is more, and the work required is less than doing non-taxable agreed.
How overpaying claims leads to product innovation
27 July 2021 - Most of the mainstream news media delight in telling people about when an insurer declines a claim. They love it. Insurers are just moustache-twirling financial villains in their eyes.
Flood claims cost almost $45 million
21 July 2021 - Insurance customers in the Canterbury region lodged 3,538 claims costing over $43.8 million in losses following the May 29 - June 1 floods according to provisional figures released by the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ).
