It's time to celebrate insurance and Christmas
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It's time to celebrate insurance and Christmas

Some people think life insurance is boring, but 2018 is testament that it's an exciting and changing industry. Here's our little wrap on the year, some thoughts for 2019.

Fri, Dec 21st 2018 07:54AM
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Protecting access to healthcare while keeping premiums within reach
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Banking on digital transformation – how Teams is reshaping financial services.
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nib is announcing a world of new benefits for your customers
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Clients complain: Adviser should have told us to obtain notes

Clients complain: Adviser should have told us to obtain notes

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Not acceptable that ACC doesn't cover illness: OECD

Not acceptable that ACC doesn't cover illness: OECD

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Partners Life beats its own targets

Partners Life beats its own targets

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Old approach won't always stack up

Old approach won't always stack up

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CLU back on agenda for Massey

CLU back on agenda for Massey

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Fidelity Life waives policy fees

Fidelity Life waives policy fees

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OnePath put on negative credit watch following sale

OnePath put on negative credit watch following sale

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Fidelity Life cuts trips for advisers

Fidelity Life cuts trips for advisers

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Partners Life offers advisers support

Partners Life offers advisers support

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Women need to connect with advice: Asteron

Women need to connect with advice: Asteron

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FSC: Industry has heard commission concern

FSC: Industry has heard commission concern

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Partners rings changes

Partners rings changes

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Adviser fights insurance company for commissions after sex claims

Adviser fights insurance company for commissions after sex claims

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RBNZ clearly has life insurance commission in its sights

RBNZ clearly has life insurance commission in its sights

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It's goodbye to Sovereign

It's goodbye to Sovereign

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Fidelity Life offers premium relief to customers affected by flooding
Stay in touch with your Clients and Prospective Clients, not by email, not by text Pick up the phone and meet them for a coffee, or a wine…
1 month ago AlBean
Fidelity Life offers premium relief to customers affected by flooding
Longitude68 is right that AI is reshaping wealth advice fast - it's already widespread offshore, even if not yet here, and our industry will need to catch up quickly to deliver more deliberate, efficient client solutions. That said, most clients I encounter - largely Silent Generation and Boomers - will keep paying a relationship premium, within reason, to continue with a trusted advisor. Technology's real impact will be displacing advisers built around a single product or philosophy, which will be exposed as the commodities they are.
1 month ago Pragmatic
Can the NZ economy grow while house prices stagnate?
Between Silk & Conway they currently receive from the NZ taxpayer a salary package in excess of $1M annually. Given they and former Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr were collectively responsible for the decisions which saw NZ house prices spiral out of control it's baffles belief now that they still have jobs.
1 month ago Amused
Fidelity Life offers premium relief to customers affected by flooding
you will never give or receive a warm handshake from AI when you are seeing a client for a terminal illness claim, and you both know you will never see each other again. AI can not look a widow in the eye and tell her it will take care of things, and it will be OK.
1 month ago Aggressively_passive
Fidelity Life offers premium relief to customers affected by flooding
A high level of my appointments are now being made with an AI agent. “Sarah” responds to inquiries by phone, converses with prospective clients then books them into my calendar. Yesterday a prospect asked Sarah whether she was an AI robot. Sarah responded with a yes and continued to tell him a joke, which he had requested. That interaction was enough for this engineer to proceed with a booked appointment with me. Only time before this old dog is replaced I guess.
1 month ago John Milner