Chris Coon – Co-Founder Partners Life Passes
Naomi Ballantyne, Managing Director Partners Life, has announced the passing of Chris Coon who died following a long illness.
In a statement, Ballantyne says: "For...
Cigna’s Free Cover Offer to End
Time's running out for financial advisers wanting to offer their clients up to $30,000 of free critical illness cover from Cigna. The offer expires...
Partners Life to Raise Medical Premiums
Partners Life is to raise its underlying premium for private medical cover, as well as the specialists and tests option, by 12% from 16...
Client Contact Service For Busy Advisers
An annual review phone service is being launched by The Adviser Platform (TAP) to help reduce the load on busy advisers with large books.
TAP's...
Cigna’s Annual Learning and Declaration Requirements
Financial advisers working with Cigna are now able to complete online courses and meet declaration requirements via its Adviser Training Hub.
These requirements, first announced...
Fidelity Life Maintains Rating Following Westpac Life Acquisition
Fidelity Life and its newly acquired subsidiary Fidelity Insurance (formerly Westpac Life) have both received A- (Excellent) financial strength ratings* from ratings agency AM...
Zurich Backs Programme Promoting Mental Health and Wellbeing in Schools
The Z Zurich Foundation is helping to improve the mental health and wellbeing of New Zealand’s primary and high school students by supporting the...
More Than 90,000 New Life Policies Issued in 2021
The latest industry snapshot from the FSC shows life insurance covers increased by 92,000 to 4.2 million during 2021 and that there has been...
Fidelity Life Completes Purchase of Westpac Life Insurance
Westpac Group's New Zealand life insurance business has now been transferred to Fidelity Life in a deal valued at $400 million. Details of the...