Article tagged with 'Life insurance'
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Should we be commoditising life insurance?
10 Feb 2025 - There's been a long-term push to simplify life insurance, which I agree with in principle. However, in practice, this has some gnarly implications that those outside the industry don't appreciate.
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Employees are wanting health and life insurance
01 Oct 2024 - A new survey shows potential employees what life and health insurance benefits, but less than a third of employers plan to offer such benefits.
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[OPINION] What is ‘suitable’ life advice?
13 Aug 2024 - The FMA has flagged suitability of advice is something it will focus on. Steve Wright digs into the issue to explore what suitable advice means for risk advisers.
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Life insurance covers up but claims down through pandemic
09 Mar 2022 - Latest data released by the Financial Services Council showed life insurance covers increased over 2021 and by the end of December 2021 had increased by 92,000 to $4.2 million worth of life insurance cover for Kiwis.
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Old school cold calls still make a difference
14 Dec 2021 - If it hadn’t been for a cold call, this claimant would have received a tiny fraction of their claim.
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Partners Life defends premium increases
10 Dec 2021 - Partners Life has defended the upcoming changes to its premium structure saying they are a "normal aspect of the insurance market that we operate in".
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Cigna to rebrand as Chubb
02 Dec 2021 - It's been a big year of change at Cigna New Zealand and 2022 will be even bigger with an upcoming rebrand, the launch of a new advertising campaign, and changes to its income and mortgage protection covers.
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Premiums refunded after funeral cover exceeds sum insured
01 Dec 2021 - A husband and wife have had $20,000 of funeral cover premiums refunded after making a complaint to the Insurance & Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme (IFSO).
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Vax chat hits a raw nerve - advisers can do better
30 Nov 2021 - It seems a recent article on Covid-19 and underwriting the unvaccinated hit a raw nerve with some readers, and the responses across the Good Returns site raised an eyebrow or two.
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Fidelity Life drops the jargon, boosts adviser support
29 Nov 2021 - Changes to customer documentation, dropping industry jargon from policies and revised wordings are some of the new features Fidelity Life is introducing to make life easier for its advisers and customers.