Article tagged with 'Disability insurance'
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Trauma Cover; the good, the bad, and the ugly
23 Oct 2025 - I'm pleased to see the baton for discussion has been picked up with Steve Wright's follow-up. He's right. No product is perfect. You only have to see how ratings are calculated to appreciate that all products have some sort of gap. QPR approach this by stating 100% is the b...
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Modern-Day demands of income protection
27 Aug 2025 - Continuing my exploration of disability cover. Something that has been highlighted with both my own personal claims and the extensive number of claims with clients is that modern demands on disability coverage don't match client reality as well as we think.
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New Partners Life products - hoping to find the middle ground
15 Jun 2021 - Partner's Life is looking to lead the way in the reinvention of income and trauma cover with the launch of two new products in areas deemed to be problematic for the industry.
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AIA rolls out new claims management service
02 Oct 2020 - The country's biggest life insurer, AIA, is launching a new service to help disability policyholders at claims time.
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Partners Life market changes
16 Jul 2020 - Jon-Paul Hale with his critique of the Partners Life commentary and what to watch when considering replacement business.
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Partners Life relaxes some Covid rules
27 May 2020 - Partners Life is relaxing some of the underwriting restrictions introduced as the Covid-19 pandemic hit, to ensure that new clients who don’t pose a risk aren’t deterred from taking cover.
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Partners Life responds to 'unprecedented environment'
24 Mar 2020 - Partners Life is making significant changes to enable it to be open for new business.
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Dunedin insurance broker ordered to pay Asteron $371K
15 May 2019 - A Dunedin insurance broker who claimed he was too sick to work - while splashing out on luxury cars, a new home and overseas trips - has been ordered to repay more than $370,000 in income insurance payouts.