New Zealand hasn’t had the same problems with income protection claims as in Australia, but there is more companies can do to avoid potential problems, particularly around mental health claims.

Stephen Rogers says he sought a DIMS licence as he didn’t want to be seen as a “second-class” adviser.

Reinsurer MunichRe says the current income protection market is unsustainable and it decided to throw away the old actuarial tables used and replace them with something new.

Conservative KiwiSaver funds are being tipped to barely outperform cash over the next seven years.

A Ross Asset Management investor has been ordered to pay liquidators $454,000.

AIA New Zealand has announced 21% growth in underlying profit, an improvement to $9.8 million for the 12 months to November 30, 2014, from $8.1 million in the prior year.

A Rotorua financial adviser has been jailed after stealing more than $1 million from her elderly clients.

An “it won’t happen to me” mentality is a barrier to New Zealanders even considering life insurance, says Sovereign’s chief officer of strategy and planning, Darrin Bull.

With so many home loan rate changes at the moment we have done some comparisons between various lenders to see who they stack up against each other.