A$1.35 Million Penalty for Cybersecurity Failures
Across the ditch, an Australian Financial Services Licensee (AFSL) has been ordered to pay a large penalty after admitting it failed to adequately manage cybersecurity risks across its financial advice network.
Fortnum Private Wealth Ltd...
Chubb Life Extends Offers
Chubb Life says it has extended its current offers to advisers’ clients until February 28, 2027.
In an update to advisers the insurer says the extended offers means eligible customers with new or existing Assurance...
Strong Turnout for MDRT’s Experience Day
MDRT’s Experience Day in Wellington last week is being seen as a great success with New Zealand Chair, Joel McLachlan, saying the organisation is delighted with the response from the advice community.
McLachlan told RiskinfoNZ...
Asteron Life Names 2026 MDRT Grant Recipients
Asteron Life says it is backing adviser excellence as it announces the recipients of its 2026 Million Dollar Round Table Grant Programme, awarding grants of $5,000 each to four financial advisers.
The insurer says the...
The Capacity Trap: Delivering More Advice Shouldn’t Have to Mean More Work
For many advice businesses, the constraint isn't demand, it's capacity, writes The Adviser Platform’s Ryan Edwards. He explains how practice architecture, the way people, processes, technology, data and governance fit together, can help build...
UK Regulator Rules Out Broad Action on Life Insurance Commissions
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has concluded there is no current need for market-wide intervention in life insurance commission structures after examining whether adviser and intermediary remuneration is contributing to poor consumer outcomes.
This finding...
Aussie Ban on Use of Adverse Genetic Testing in Life Insurance Starts
The Australian Government’s ban on the use of adverse genetic testing results in life insurance came into effect late last week.
Australia’s Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, Dr Daniel Mulino, says in a...
New Pathway to Life Advice Conversations?
Our latest poll results indicate that a large majority of advisers see KiwiSaver conversations increasingly emerging as new opportunities to provide life insurance advice.
As we go to press, nearly seven in 10 (68%) of...
Southern Cross Life Insurance Introduces Life Lens
There was much reader interest this week in Southern Cross Life Insurance introducing Chubb Life’s Life Lens as a new online quote and buy experience...
Southern Cross Life Insurance has...
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...











