Monday, November 10, 2025

Futurist Urges Advisers to Rewire Negative Thinking

Behavioural scientist and futurist Milo Wilkinson told a risk specialist dealer group conference in Australia that human behaviour is far more predictable — and far more resistant to change — than most people realise,...

Fidelity Life Offers Premium Relief

Fidelity Life customers who are facing financial hardship as a direct result of the severe weather in Canterbury, Southland, and Clutha District can apply to have their premiums temporarily waived for up to three...

FMA Check-In on Licensed Providers’ Operational Resilience

News that the FMA is undertaking a 'significant survey' looking at the operational resilience of licensed market service providers, including financial advice providers and insurers, attracted strong reader interest this week…...

Acenda Group Formally Established

The Acenda Group, which includes Resolution Life Australasia and Asteron Life New Zealand, has been formally established following Nippon Life’s completion of its acquisition of Resolution Life Group. The transaction combines three life insurance businesses...

2026 National Adviser Conference Launched

Financial Advice New Zealand says its 2026 National Adviser Conference, which will be held in Auckland in March, builds on the momentum of the 2025 conference. Billing the event as "the country’s largest signature event...

Key MDRT NZ Appointments

MDRT in New Zealand has welcomed new Chairs in both the North Island and the South Island. In the South Island Joel Mclachlan, Director at AdviceKiwi, is the new South Island Chair. He replaces Paula Jones...

Fidelity Life Highlights Adviser-Led Initiatives

Fidelity Life says it has “doubled down on listening to adviser feedback" launching a range of initiatives designed to deliver greater value, simplify business, and elevate professional development. More than 380 advisers attended simultaneous cinematic...

Partners Life Commission Changes Aim for Right Balance

Recent changes to Partners Life’ commission rates, which aim to get the right balance between the needs of customers, advisers and the insurer, attracted strong reader interest this week... Recent changes to Partners Life’ commission...

Fidelity Life Announces 2025 Adviser Award Winners

Fidelity Life has announced the winners of its 2025 Adviser Awards, which the company says recognise outstanding contributions to the life insurance profession in New Zealand. The awards were presented as part of the company’s...

Ageing Populations to Redefine Insurance – Swiss Re

Life insurance will need to evolve from income-replacement and family-oriented protection products to wealth planning and personal-care funding solutions, according to a new paper from Swiss Re. The reinsurer’s latest Sigma report finds that ageing...