Sunday, May 11, 2025

Company news

Southern Cross Appoints Māori Advisory Body 

Southern Cross Health Society has announced the establishment of a Māori governance advisory group, which it claims to be a first for New Zealand’s...

Partners Life Product Enhancements 

Partners Life has announced more than 45 improvements across its product suite, effective on 9 December 2019. In an adviser update, Partners Life General Manager...

Fidelity Life and Suncorp Award Wins

Fidelity Life and Suncorp New Zealand have each won awards at the recent 2019 ANZIIF New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards. Fidelity Life was announced as...

Insurers Support QLD, NSW Bushfire Victims

In Australia, a number of life companies have offered their support to those affected by the bushfires in Queensland and New South Wales, in...

Southern Cross Launches Digital Human ‘Aimee’ 

Southern Cross Health Society has launched ‘Aimee’, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital assistant. The insurer believes it is the first health insurance company in the...

Fidelity Life Underwriting Appointment 

Fidelity Life has appointed Monique Ravening as its Chief Underwriting Manager. Ravening will be well known to many advisers, stated the insurer and she has...

Chatbots Becoming Part of Daily Life in NZ

Support chatbots are increasingly being used in New Zealand to resolve queries or issues, according to a recent report from the AI Forum of...

Partners Life Launches My Underwriting Manager

Partners Life has launched its new software, My Underwriting Manager (MUM), on 4 November. The new tool for advisers, previously announced in October as PLUME...

Southern Cross Drives Workplace Wellbeing Conversation 

Southern Cross Health Society recently held its fourth annual BeingWell conference at Auckland Aotea Centre, helping business leaders navigate employee wellbeing and safeguard a...