2026 NZ Life Insurance Adviser Study Underway
NMG Consulting intends to interview around 150 New Zealand life insurance advisers for the 2026 New Zealand Life Insurance Adviser Study.
NMG Consulting Partner Sam...
Latest Poll – Failure to Refer Clients for Risk Advice?
Our latest poll is based on the premise that all financial planning clients should have access to life insurance advice appropriate to their circumstances.
Some...
Profiling Partners Life: Inside the Thinking Shaping the Future of Advice
Partners Life’s Andries van Graan and Gemma Vivian reflect on the forces reshaping life insurance advice - from regulation and adviser demographics to AI...
Call to Return to Indemnity First Product Principles in Australia
Rising mental health claims are placing pressure on the sustainability of TPD insurance in Australia, prompting insurers, reinsurers, and regulators there to reassess product...
Australian Advisers Urged to Revisit Business Insurance
There are more than two million small businesses in Australia – around half of which have owners aged over 50 – but where a...
Premium Relief for Weather-Affected Customers
Fidelity Life is offering a premium waiver to customers affected by the recent severe weather in three districts and two regions across the North...
Claim Denials Drive Rise in Life Insurance Complaints
More than 100,000 complaints were lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority in the last financial year, with just 2.4% relating to life insurance.
During...
Australian Former Adviser Jailed
An Australian former financial adviser, Anthony Paul Torre, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment, backdated to commence 29 January 2025. He was sentenced...
ICIB Acquires Life and Health Risk Business
ICIB Brokerweb acquiring the life and health risk business of a Christchurch-based practice drew much reader interest this week...
ICIB...