Partners Life Adopt New Risk Claims System
It's going to be a busy six weeks at Partners Life as its risk claims team bed in a new claims management system.
The company...
Health Insurer Battles Backlog as New System Introduced
The introduction of an updated policy administration system has pushed claims turn-around times to 15 days, pre-approvals to two working days, and lead to...
Health Insurance Stats Show Steady Rise in Premiums
According to Stats NZ data 1.45 million New Zealanders are paying almost $2 billion a year for private heath insurance. The country's population sits...
Lifestyle Changes Could Reduce Most Premature Deaths – Report
A report from AIA NZ has uncovered the five risk factors that lead to the five most common preventable non-communicable diseases which account for...
Bad Backs Top List of Southern Cross Surgery Claims
Surgery for bad backs has topped the list of most expensive surgical claims funded by Southern Cross Health Insurance in the year to 30...
Younger People See Value of Health Insurance
An increasing number of young people are taking out health insurance and $400 million in claims were paid in the three months to 30...
Coroners Court Backlog Could Delay Full Death Benefit Payments
With the coroners' courts facing a backlog of cases RiskinfoNZ set out to find if this was having any impact on death benefit payments...
Rise in Claims From the Self-Employed
Income protection claims from the self-employed having accidents are starting to rise with one insurer now reviewing its historic claims data to identify low...
Committee to Help Advisers Navigate Troubled Waters
The Adviser Platform (TAP) has launched a Claims Committee to help the firm's adviser partners manage problematic claims.
Scott Duncan, TAP’s Head of Compliance &...