Article tagged with 'medical insurance'
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Insurers see 'unprecedented' claims levels
01 Jul 2025 - The growth in claims is being driven by public waiting lists, medical inflation and changing attitudes towards preventive healthcare
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Asteron won’t hike premiums despite better benefits
24 Jun 2025 - Asteron Life rolls out policy improvements and clearer definitions, saying it will absorb extra costs to keep premiums steady
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Medical premiums and the public system
20 May 2025 - Most of you will have seen the notices advising increased premiums in the last month, ranging from 16% to 22%.
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[Opinion] Life advisers need a mindset change: away from ‘we sell’ to ‘we advise’.
22 Apr 2025 - Opinion: Selling is essential in life insurance, but as necessary as it is, it must now be accompanied by suitable advice. We live in a new advice environment – changes are likely needed from what we did before because there are several new expectations.
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Medical premiums and the public system
01 Apr 2025 - Most of you will have seen the notices advising increased premiums in the last month, ranging from 16% to 22%.
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Public health treatment going private – good news?
10 Mar 2025 - Steve Wright wonders whether the government's plans to use private health care facilities to reduce elective surgery waiting lists is a good idea.
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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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FMA report slams insurers
22 Jul 2021 - The FMA has fired serious warning shots at the general insurance industry saying it is not prepared for new legislation requiring them to ensure good conduct and fair treatment of customers.
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Guaranteed medical cover policy wordings
23 Feb 2021 - Jon-Paul Hale on the future security of insurance cover, unacceptable levels of risk for clients and sneaky exclusions to be wary of.