| Log In Subscribe for $0.99/week
Sovereign makes insurance applications easier
Insurance

Sovereign makes insurance applications easier

Good quality business from advisers allows Sovereign to ease its underwriting conditions.
Fri, Mar 16th 2007 06:15AM
Fidelity Life acquires FMG

Fidelity Life acquires FMG

1 min read
Tax changes to push premiums up

Tax changes to push premiums up

2 min read
AXA promising new products

AXA promising new products

2 min read
Asteron rolls out new key person policy

Asteron rolls out new key person policy

2 min read
Insurers too wary over stress claims: Klee

Insurers too wary over stress claims: Klee

2 min read
Tax breaks for health insurance pushed

Tax breaks for health insurance pushed

2 min read
Insurance regulations conterproductive

Insurance regulations conterproductive

2 min read
Health insurance booming

Health insurance booming

2 min read
AIA launches new network

AIA launches new network

1 min read
Sovereign continues to dominate life market

Sovereign continues to dominate life market

2 min read
Advisers keep an eye on Suncorp/Promina deal

Advisers keep an eye on Suncorp/Promina deal

1 min read
Tower enhances its 360 product

Tower enhances its 360 product

2 min read
Insurance rules under commission scrutiny

Insurance rules under commission scrutiny

2 min read
Success selling insurance online

Success selling insurance online

2 min read
Disclosing amount of commission unnecessary

Disclosing amount of commission unnecessary

2 min read
NEWS BITES
What's Hot
Morningstar finalists this year
Thu, Feb 5th 2026 08:45AM
01
Castlepoint funds take unexpected hit
Thu, Dec 4th 2025 08:31AM
02
The wedge edge for businesses and trusts
Sun, Oct 5th 2025 09:32PM
03
10 years; $10 billion
Sun, Oct 5th 2025 05:14PM
04
Latest Comments
[OPINION] Tax Efficiency vs. Real Returns: Are you being penny wise and pound foolish?
On a slightly different matter. A friend of mine owned a business and made enough to afford to purchase a property (office cum warehouse) for his business. I asked why don't he buy instead of rent? He said his accountant told him to rent, don't buy, to reduce his tax. He heeded his accountant's advice. 30 years later, he retired, his cash savings was nowhere near the value of the property he didn't buy. Had he purchased the property, at least he has two options - rent out the property for his retirement income or sell it and realise the capital gain (no tax) which far exceeds the tax savings during his business trading years. Penny wise pound foolish, eh?
4 days ago W K
[OPINION] Tax Efficiency vs. Real Returns: Are you being penny wise and pound foolish?
Great article and points made, Andy. I had to explain recently and demonstrate these very points to a very senior professional trustee. I was instructed by the trustee to "make the portfolio tax efficient." I guess, from a CA point of view, that made sense to her. As luck would have it, the newly appointed CA completing the accounts didn't quite see it that way and agreed with my advice and your article.
5 days ago John Milner
Lessons for life insurers from 1918
Remember that New Zealand did not have bodies overwhelming morgues in the midst of the pandemic so we didn't see a spike in deaths - unlike a lot of other countries. Hence no panic to get cover.
6 days ago Mark Stone
Competing with fintechs the way to go
If an adviser has their own FAP license, why would they risk having their client’s data (basically their whole business) held in an aggregator owned CRM?
1 week ago Valkyrie Vulcan
Should KiwiSaver hardship applications be centralised?
It should be that onerous. It's a retirement scheme. not a fix the car scheme not a bail out your bad choices scheme the temptation for it to become so grows as balances grow. And KiwiSaver reules must resist it. Every year there will be a new record for withdrawals, because there will be more in it to take, and more people looking to use it. That's not a failure, that means it works.
1 week ago Regan Thomas