Most Kiwis Not Financially Secure if Unable to Work
Less than one in five New Zealander’s are financially secure if they find they are unable to work, Cigna’s 360 Well-being Survey 2018 has found.
However,...
MDRT Heading to Sydney
More than eight thousand financial advisers from around the world will be visiting Australia next year, following the announcement that the MDRT organisation will...
2018 MDRT Annual Meeting Wrap
The 2018 MDRT Annual Meeting, held this year in Los Angeles, was attended by more than 15,000 advisers from 53 different countries.
In addition to...
Helping Your Clients Spot Their Greatest Asset
An Irish adviser and international speaker shared an idea on how advisers can increase business by helping clients identify what their greatest asset is.
Anthony Matthews...
Risk Sales Remain Stagnant, While Health Insurance Grows
While New Zealand’s health insurance industry has grown for its twelfth consecutive quarter, its life insurance industry growth remains flat, according to statistics released...
Reserve Bank Questions Risk Commission Levels
While The Reserve Bank has concluded New Zealand’s financial system remains sound, including its insurance sector, it has noted the level of risk commissions...
Nearly Half of Kiwis Turn to Own Judgement For Financial Advice
The Commission for Financial Capability's latest quarterly Financial Capability Barometer survey has found that nearly half of Kiwis rely on their own judgement for...
Robo-Advice to Channel Business For Human Advisers
Kiwi Wealth has become the first financial services provider to receive robo-advice approval from the FMA and its GM Customer, Product and Innovation, Joe...
Soft Commissions Continue to Fall Among AFAs
The percentage of AFAs who said they received ‘soft commissions’ continues to fall, according to the Financial Markets Authority’s (FMA) latest statistical snapshot on...