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Fidelity Life on the journey to improvement
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Fidelity Life on the journey to improvement

Fidelity Life has made further improvements to its underwriting terms in the latest update from its recent Unplugged adviser roadshow and follows the company’s higher non-medical limits announced in July.

Mon, Nov 7th 2022 01:13PM
Insurers demand accurate costings for the government’s proposed NZIIS

Insurers demand accurate costings for the government’s proposed NZIIS

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Why life insurers oppose the government’s proposed NZIIS

Why life insurers oppose the government’s proposed NZIIS

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Adding Up 25 years of service

Adding Up 25 years of service

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How insurers might tackle the trust gap

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Life insurers urged to prepare for climate change

Life insurers urged to prepare for climate change

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Partners Life finally snares BNZ

Partners Life finally snares BNZ

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AIA fined $700,000 for misleading customers

AIA fined $700,000 for misleading customers

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No premium increase promise

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Southern Cross Health reports record membership number, uses surplus to curb premium hikes

Southern Cross Health reports record membership number, uses surplus to curb premium hikes

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What an Aussie learnt about NZ advisers

What an Aussie learnt about NZ advisers

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Southern Cross plans to curb premium hikes

Southern Cross plans to curb premium hikes

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Wanted – Fidelity Life looking for the next generation of financial advisers.

Wanted – Fidelity Life looking for the next generation of financial advisers.

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Cigna offers free specific injury cover offer

Cigna offers free specific injury cover offer

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Cigna's latest enhancements to non-medical limits and requirements

Cigna's latest enhancements to non-medical limits and requirements

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Changes to commission payments in new agreements

Changes to commission payments in new agreements

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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?
3 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.
4 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.
5 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