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Insurance landscape
Insurance Advisernet, January 25 2019
Your insurance premiums are not only influenced by your own claims, but national and international events and trends. Premiums do not simply increase to make your insurer more money, but because they reflect the cost of providing cover in the current economic and political environment. As a client it can be helpful to understand the factors affecting your premiums, and the predicted trends for the future.
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Planning for the worst – The increase of severe weather events in New Zealand
Insurance Advisernet, January 10 2019
Severe weather events globally are on the rise - you only have to open the newspaper or scan the news online to hear of weather events that seem to be on a scale we’ve never quite experienced before.
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How strong is your supply chain?
Insurance Advisernet New Zealand , December 04 2018
Every day the success of businesses across New Zealand, not to mention the millions of New Zealanders they employ, rests largely upon having robust and efficient supply chains. Question is, how secure is yours?
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Time and money very well spent - Why getting your Business Plan right will repay you many times over!
Insurance Advisernet, November 26 2018
American Stephen Covey knew a fair bit about being successful in business. Amongst other achievements, he was the acclaimed author of ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’. He was also a huge advocate for the importance of planning rather than mere goal setting. “Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them,” he once explained.
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IANZ Conference 2018
Insurance Advisernet, April 23 2018
Last week IA brokers, insurers and funders came together at the Hilton in Taupo to celebrate another year of growth and success. A black tie gala dinner was held on the last night and a number of awards presented.
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Understanding the risks of underinsurance
Insurance Advisernet, February 21 2018
From inadequate levels of income protection and life insurance arrangements, to grossly undervalued business assets and equipment, alarmingly few New Zealanders have anything remotely like what they’d actually need in the event of a claim. In other words, as a nation we’re flying by the seat of our pants.
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Good things come in threes
August 28 2017
Just as world leaders have their trusted brokers, so do successful business owners. It’s an indispensable trio that typically includes your solicitor, accountant and insurance broker.
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Budgets, forecasts and selfies
Insurance Advisernet, May 17 2017
Planning for the future - embracing digital technology. Death, taxes and new technologies. Day-by-day, week-by-week and year-by-year new advancements, discoveries and products fundamentally change the way businesses operate and interact with their customers. And it’s not slowing down.
