Friday, May 17, 2024

Opinion

Naomi Ballantyne, Managing Director, Partners Life

Why Covid-19 and Vaccination Status Need to be Considered by Insurers

GUEST COLUMNIST Life and health insurers will need to follow the science and consider any extra risk associated with covering those who are not vaccinated...

Time to review your professional development plan

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS Continuous professional development (CPD) isn’t just a compliance obligation under the new regime, it is an important part of upskilling...

Make Mental Wellbeing Part of the Insurance Conversation

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS As Covid-19 continues to test the resilience of our health sector – as well as our collective emotional and financial...

Put Kiwis in the Financial Wellbeing Driving Seat

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS Quality financial advice is all about the transfer of knowledge, and the empowerment of our Kiwi community, says Financial Advice...

Financial Advisers’ Mental Health Matters – Now More Than Ever

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS Financial Advice NZ's CEO Katrina Shanks says a number of surveys have highlighted the impact of Covid-19 on Kiwis’ financial...

Call for Advisers to Connect with Digital Natives

Financial advisers should adopt a hybrid approach to customer interactions when it comes to helping digital natives – or the so-called Millennials and Generation...

Time to Break Down Advice Barriers With Consumers

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS Even though we are well into the New Year, Financial Advice NZ's CEO Katrina Shanks says it's still refreshing to...

Doing Good is Good for Business

GUEST COLUMNIST – LIZ ZHU Caring about customers is a business imperative as well as an ethical one for insurers, argues Liz Zhu, a Medical...

Advisers Need to Maintain Trust Through the Advice Journey

GUEST COLUMNIST – KATRINA SHANKS How many times have we heard the term ‘unprecedented’ this year? 2020 has been a year like no other for...