Article tagged with 'Steve Wright'
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Public health treatment going private – good news?
10 Mar 2025 - Steve Wright wonders whether the government's plans to use private health care facilities to reduce elective surgery waiting lists is a good idea.
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[Opinion] CPD – identifying the stuff we don’t know but really should
22 Jan 2025 - Opinion: The Code requires advisers to do annual CPD (Continuing Professional Development). I come across various questions from life advisers about CPD, so I thought the beginning of the year might be a good time to share my thoughts on those questions regarding CPD for giving life and health insurance advice (not that required for selling or running your business).
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More on a FSCL decision – issues for advisers to consider
03 Dec 2024 - Opinion: In a reported complaint to her insurer and FSCL, a person apparently paid premiums totalling $37,000 over 17 years, for a funeral benefit of $10,000. Although the complainant was paid compensation by the insurer (the basis for such compensation and its value is unknown to me) the client also made a complaint to FSCL against their adviser, who ‘sold’ them the policy in 2007! The adviser agreed to pay $500.