Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Insurer Offers Free Online Wills for New Customers

Fidelity Life's new offering of free access to an online will service for new life insurance customers drew strong reader...

Role of Risk Specialist Adviser Evolving

There was much interest this week in Financial Advice NZ's stance that the role of the specialist insurance adviser is not disappearing but...

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...

Insurer Admits to Making Misleading Statements

News that FMG Insurance Limited and Farmers’ Mutual Group have admitted to fair dealing breaches around making misleading statements drew much reader interest...

Ombudsman Service Sees Major Increase in Financial Disputes

There was strong reader interest this week in FSCL reporting a spike in the number of financial disputes in the first half...

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...

Key Appointment at Partners Life

Partners Life appointing an experienced industry executive as Chief Operating Officer drew plenty of reader interest this week... Partners...

Complaint Against Adviser Dismissed

Our report on a son’s complaint against his mother’s insurance adviser being dismissed by a financial ombudsman attracted strong reader interest...

Advisers Urged to Maintain Cyber Vigilance

NZFSG urging the advice sector to exercise heightened vigilance as cyber criminals ramp up activity over the holiday period drew plenty of reader interest...