Article tagged with 'Steve Wright'
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Life cover benefits can be at risk of terminal illness
05 Mar 2026 - [Opinion] Life cover benefits designed to support surviving family members on the death of a client can be at risk if they are used ‘early’ to fund terminal illness, perhaps even to the point where the family is left with too little, resulting in a failure of the insurance to perform its purpose.
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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).