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Impressive half-year results for Asteron Life
Insurance

Impressive half-year results for Asteron Life

The insurer achieved a $15 million increase on the preceding period.

Wed, Feb 10th 2021 10:24AM
(Nearly) top marks for Fidelity Life

(Nearly) top marks for Fidelity Life

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[Opinion] Embracing change key to supporting advice

[Opinion] Embracing change key to supporting advice

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Predictions for 2021 – from the Laird’s Desk

Predictions for 2021 – from the Laird’s Desk

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All but one life company silent on PI requirements for advisers

All but one life company silent on PI requirements for advisers

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Partners snares BNZ Life

Partners snares BNZ Life

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OPINION: Why doing good is good for business

OPINION: Why doing good is good for business

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Advisers slowly warming to Partner’s Customer Outcome Matrix

Advisers slowly warming to Partner’s Customer Outcome Matrix

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Fidelity Life and Sharecare part company

Fidelity Life and Sharecare part company

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New initiative sees travel brokers retain as insurance advisers

New initiative sees travel brokers retain as insurance advisers

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Australian report raises alarm over life insurance’s future

Australian report raises alarm over life insurance’s future

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Using nursery rhymes to promote life insurance

Using nursery rhymes to promote life insurance

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Cigna policy enhancements and new adviser toolkit announced

Cigna policy enhancements and new adviser toolkit announced

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New digital partnership for nib

New digital partnership for nib

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SHARE confirms Newpark acquisition

SHARE confirms Newpark acquisition

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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?
5 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.
6 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.
1 week 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