Southern Cross Life Insurance Introduces Life Lens
Southern Cross Life Insurance has introduced Life Lens as a new online quote and buy experience in partnership with its underwriter Chubb Life Insurance New Zealand.
Chubb Life New Zealand introduced Life Lens to advisers...
Percentage of NZ Advisers Adopting AI Tops Global Average
The percentage of New Zealand financial advisers’ adopting AI is higher than that of their global counterparts and Kiwi advisers have a more positive outlook about AI’s potential impact in financial advice, the New...
New Masterclass for FAP Leaders Launched
Kaplan Professional is expanding its professional development offering for New Zealand’s financial advice sector with the launch of a new face-to-face masterclass for Financial Advice Provider' leaders.
The company says its Responsible Financial Advice Provider...
Does Face-to-Face Time Fuel Referrals, Really?
For advisers wondering if all the extra time and effort it takes to meet face-to-face with clients is really worth it, Tony Vidler has a definitive message.
Virtual meetings are efficient, but if there is...
A New Pathway to Life Advice Conversations? Poll
Our poll question this week is seeking to canvas whether advisers are finding that the growth in both KiwiSaver funds and in New Zealanders’ interest in KiwiSaver is increasingly becoming a pathway to talking...
FSC – KiwiSaver Consensus is the Real Election Winner
The Financial Services Council has welcomed ACT’s KiwiSaver policy, saying New Zealand is now closer than ever to a political consensus that KiwiSaver needs to be strengthened.
ACT recently announced it would remove tax on...
Masterclass – Putting AI to Work in Your Advice Practice
Financial Advice New Zealand is promoting two in-person masterclasses, in Auckland and Christchurch, to help advisers build an AI-powered advice practice.
In an update to advisers Financial Advice NZ says AI faculty expert Panos Leledakis...
Record $1.8 Billion Paid Out in Claims
Southern Cross Medical Care Society has announced that it paid out a record $1.8 billion in claims to its members during the 12 months to June 30, 2026, up 5.5% from a year earlier.
In...
New Event Focused on Future of Insurance Advice
Quotemonster's announcement of a new full-day event focused on the future of insurance advice drew strong reader interest this week...
Quotemonster is bringing together "some of the leading voices in New Zealand’s insurance industry" for...
Third Annual Insurance Innovation Conference Announced
Resonate, New Zealand’s industry-led conference for insurance innovation, has announced its 2026 programme featuring industry leaders and regulators, transformation experts, and AI and insurtech practitioners.
Convenor Simfuni says Resonate26, which will be held on October 22...