A weekly round-up of industry news for financial advisers working in New Zealand's insurance sector.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
RiskinfoNZ Weekly News Summary
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A weekly round-up of industry news for financial advisers working in New Zealand's insurance sector.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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April 4, 2022
RiskinfoNZ Weekly Wrap for W/E 8 April 2022
<p>Financial advisers from across the country are expected to descend on Christchurch in September to attend Financial Advice NZ’s two-day Ignite conference.</p><p>Ignite is being held at the Christchurch Convention Centre and among those confirmed to take part include optimist Chris Riddell and financial adviser, best-selling author and podcaster Victoria Devine. - Dee-Vine – among many others....</p><br><p><br></p><p>Cigna has updated the occupation classes it uses in its online quote tool. A new field has been created so advisers can indicate whether the customer’s occupation is E (eligible), U (uninsurable), or IC (requires individual consideration for disability benefits).</p><br><p>The firm’s Chief Operating Officer Debbie Eyre says the update is part of a raft of changes to be announced by the firm. She will provide more details during a Cigna Live event to be held on 28 April.</p><br><p>And staying with Cigna...</p><br><p>The firm's offering new clients who purchase an insurance policy with the Cigna two months' free cover. The offer runs until 30 June and applies to Cigna’s assurance extra, business assurance, business extra, and agribusiness extra policies issued before 31 August 2022.</p><br><p>Compliance refinery</p><br><p>A FAP director support programme has been launched by Compliance Refinery in conjunction with governance specialists Faraday & Company.</p><p>Melanie Purdey, Compliance Refinery’s course facilitator, says directors of FAPs or authorised bodies are facing more scrutiny as part of the FMA's FAP licensing guidelines, and that many directors may not fully understand their licence obligations.</p><br><p>Purdey says Compliance Refinery's director support programme is designed to ensure directors have the knowledge and skills to meet the requirements of the full licencing regime.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Strategi</p><br><p>Industry training firm Strategi and the FMA are holding a free webinar on Thursday 7 April for financial advice providers who have not yet submitted their application for a full FAP licence.</p><br><p>Strategi says that by attending the webinar, FAPs and their owners and managers will better understand what is required and be provided with practical next steps to obtain their full FAP licence.</p><br><p>Southern Cross Healthcare’s has appointed Chris White as its new CEO, White has been sitting in the top chair for a few months as interim CEO.</p><p>White began with Southern Cross on the insurance side of the business in 2017. From there, he moved across to its healthcare division as Chief Operating Officer, and then to interim CEO in October last year.</p><br><p>For the full story on everything covered in this podcast see riskinfo nz . Co . Nz where you can also sign-up to receive our free weekly newsletter.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
March 29, 2022
RiskinfoNZ Weekly Wrap for W/E 1 April 2022
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March 21, 2022
RiskinfoNZ Weekly Wrap for W/E 25 March 2022
<p>Speaking during an FSC webinar that attracted more than 600 viewers, the FMA's recently appointed CEO Samantha Barrass announced the publication of an updated draft Conduct Guide for industry consultation.</p><p>She also said there will be substantial change at the organisation over the next few years, building new capabilities, and employing new staff with different areas of expertise.</p><br><p>Actuality - Barrass</p><br><p>How insurers take Covid-19 vaccination status into account when setting life and health premiums is fraught with issues, write lawyers Andrew Horne and Olivia de Pont of law firm Minter Ellison Rudd Watts.</p><p>They say rating risk based on vaccination status is not a straightforward exercise as lapsed vaccination status and natural herd immunity may need to be considered.</p><br><p>Partners Life has released a 'how to' video (below) explaining how financial advisers should use the latest additions to its My Underwriting Manager system – namely the Client Access to Personal Statement (CAPS) feature.</p><p>The updated version of My Underwriting Manager allows advisers working with the firm to send their clients a secure link to complete their personal statement, in their own time, and on their own device.</p><br><p>The company also says ANZ's chief financial officer Stewart Taylor is to join the firm as its CFO – but no start date has been announced.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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