Articles tagged with 'claims'
Claim time is ‘when rubber hits road’
24 August 2024 - A client who was able to continue building a new home despite being off work for 18 months is one of the recent highlights for Brave Day.
Cold call changes insured's life
13 December 2021 - It takes a strong person to talk about their health issues on a live webcast but for Neville Greedus a series of life-changing medical events helped him realise the importance of having a top-quality adviser in his corner.
Tower enlists AI partner to bust claims fraud
6 October 2021 - Tower has partnered with Dutch AI-based solution FRISS to automate and accelerate its claims process and help detect genuine and suspicious claims in real-time.
Bad backs dominate health cover claims
1 October 2021 - Surgery for bad backs has topped the list of most expensive surgical claims funded by Southern Cross Health Insurance with the highest individual claim coming in at $222,000.
Southern Cross boosts surplus profits; Claims paid tops $1 bill
16 September 2021 - Southern Cross Health Society Group has posted a surplus of more than $50 million while also growing its membership numbers by more than 8500 and paying out more than $1 billion dollars in claims.
Health insurance claims top $400m in last quarter
30 August 2021 - New data reveals Kiwi's have been paid out $400 million in health insurance claims in the quarter to June 30.
FSCL case highlights need for better record keeping
5 August 2021 - A complaint accusing an adviser of selling income protection insurance that was not fit for purpose has been dropped by Financial Services Complaints Ltd but highlights the need for accurate record-keeping by advisers.
Income protection: Why taxable losses are not the right advice
3 August 2021 - Frankly, there are only two reasons loss of earnings, agreed or indemnity, is sold over agreed value - the commission is more, and the work required is less than doing non-taxable agreed.
How overpaying claims leads to product innovation
27 July 2021 - Most of the mainstream news media delight in telling people about when an insurer declines a claim. They love it. Insurers are just moustache-twirling financial villains in their eyes.
Flood claims cost almost $45 million
21 July 2021 - Insurance customers in the Canterbury region lodged 3,538 claims costing over $43.8 million in losses following the May 29 - June 1 floods according to provisional figures released by the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ).