Friday, March 29, 2024

Health

Partners Life Funds $500,000 For New Mental Health Programme

Partners Life is providing major funding for a new mental health treatment programme gifting $500,000 to the trust operating the new Whakamātūtū Wellington Depression...

Push for More General Health Checks

Almost half of Kiwis (47%) are behind on their general health check, yet the majority believe their current health is in good shape. These...

AIA Policy Change for Prophylactic Surgery

News that AIA NZ is updating its health products to cover preventative surgery following a breast or ovarian cancer claim, drew strong reader interest...

Call for Re-design of Insurance Products to Prevent Financial Abuse

General insurers in Australia are being asked to disrupt domestic violence by changing their products to prevent financial abuse. Rebecca Glenn, CEO of the Centre...

Nib Sets Out Priorities for the Year

Plans for the future of Nib have been shared by the firm's CEO Rob Hennin. He says the firm's priorities include meeting the demand...

Partners Life to Raise Medical Premiums

News that Partners Life is increasing its medical premiums, due to higher treatment costs and claim levels, attracted plenty of reader interest this week... Partners...

Pre-Existing Condition Offer from Nib

Nib has launched a limited time promotion, offering to cover a specified range of new clients’ pre-existing health conditions under its ultimate health plans...

Top Five Medical Claims for January

The latest top five medical claims from Nib show a drop in average values, with all but one sitting well bellow $70,000. Appearing three times...

Trust Issues a Barrier to Insurance Take-Up – Report

The World Life Insurance Report 2023 states that one third of the world’s population will be over the age of 50 by 2050. Yet,...