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In July 2008 Pinnacle Life launched a policy called ‘Funeral Cover’. Whilst the product is designed essentially for people over 50 (and many insurers call it ’50 Plus Insurance’)...

If you indicate on your life insurance application that you have a particular medical condition (such as asthma), does the life insurance company have any right to request your ‘full’...

Last night on TV3’s Campbell Live, the host got stuck into Sovereign Insurance over their refusal to pay out a claim. You can also read about this story on Good...

Received this question from a policy holder regarding the Swine Flu pandemic and Life Insurance... Hi Ed, Both, my wife and I have signed a life insurance with Pinnacle some time last...

We recently presented the Pinnacle Life online solution to a large New Zealand corporate that was looking at alternatives to their current group life scheme they have in place. ...

Joint ownership is a simple reality of many small and medium size businesses.  The aim of key person insurance is to insure business continuity. Partners, shareholders and lenders to small...

Finally…  Pinnacle Life has been able to remove the last remaining piece of paper from the process of buying life insurance. Actually that’s not quite true.  The process was always 100%...

Good life insurance adverts are hard to come by. But there are exceptions... see this Youtube advert for life insurance

Couldn’t help commenting on a not-so-politically-correct story in the Herald the other day by Deborah Coddington about... o—b—e—s—i—t—y. According to Deborah, John Birkbeck, a professor in human nutrition from Massey...

When planning a family it is wise to consider taking out a life insurance policy before falling pregnant as insurance companies are reluctant about issuing life cover for a...

If today you search for the precise words "pinnacle life insurance" via Google… what do you think you’ll see? You’ll see Pinnacle Life’s sponsored link, obviously. But that’s not all.  You’ll...

Spotted a NZ Herald article on tips to tell if you’re dealing with a good insurance adviser. Good bread and butter article… the usual questions and answers. Q. Should the adviser...

Ok, so today is Balloon Day in NZ. Not heard of it? Well it’s the day of the year that the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation raise awareness of asthma and...

Yep… our blog is two years old today J When we launched it on 30 April 2007, this is what we said ... “The Life Insurance Blog has been created to demystify...

Life insurance is about protecting your family if you die. Of course, that’s also what wills are for. Moreover, with life insurance policies often running into millions of Dollars, it's...

When it’s Funeral Insurance Cover… so we’re told. Six months ago, Pinnacle Life launched a $15,000 funeral insurance policy. But clearly, $15,000 is not enough. Seems that by the time you’ve...

How does it make you feel when your insurance salesman ends a two hour gefuddle with you saying… “…so I think we'll get you a $500,000 term life...

Here’s a life insurance story to make your day.   Each year, John Milder who lived in Devon, England was notified by his insurance company that the policy on Betty Rose’s life...

The story about US Life Insurance giant AIG that we blogged a few days ago has taken a couple of twists this weekend. We blogged that story here on...

Saw this cool article in Time magazine that explains why women live around 3~6 years longer on average across the globe. The issue for us life insurance guys is not so much why...

Ok, so this life insurance story hails from the US and not from NZ. Still… it’s a huge story about one of the world’s largest life insurance groups with subsidiaries...

  This question on a local financial chat forum caught my eye and seems to us it’s worth clarifying… Q… “Does anyone know what the difference is between life insurance and assurance?”   “Is...

...just ask Ferrit... We’re big supporters of online innovation – in our view online services and shopping has a big future in our changing world. So we’re truly sorry to see the...

Pinnacle life now partners with Diners Club. So what does this mean for Kiwi’s that buy life insurance from Pinnacle Life with their Diners Club Card? Firstly, you'll get a discount off...