A steady decline in people taking out private medical health insurance has sparked warnings that public hospital waiting lists are going to get unbearably worse in the near future.
Read moreSchool holidays are here … again! It really does feel like the kids have just gone back to school and it's time to think about what are you going to do for the next school holiday break. A quick calculation will tell you that children get approximately 12 weeks of holidays a year. Most working parents get 8 weeks between them, leaving at least 4 weeks where the children have no one to mind them. Unless you both want to use all your annual leave to solely look after the kids and never have a break together or as a family you need to start looking at alternative childcare methods.
Read moreI read with interest recently that Countdown have launched an insurance venture on their website, backed by Cigna Insurance. Personally I find the tag line for this misleading.'Looking after you and your family with simple, great value insurance'
Read moreSeptember 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day - a worldwide effort led by the International Association for Suicide Prevention and World Health Organization to improve education about suicide, decrease stigma and raise awareness of the warning signs of suicide.
Read more"Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad." -Anne Geddes
Read moreThe UK Treasury is currently considering plans to radically overhaul the UK's pension regime. In a nutshell, ex-UK state employees (including teachers, doctors, dentists, nurses, armed forces personnel, civil servants etc) may never be able to transfer their pension fund after April 2015!
Read moreIn the last two weeks or so, we have seen a number of new clients who have existing insurance cover that is not appropriate for their needs. They are either over-insured, under-insured, have the wrong benefits or their cover is structured incorrectly.
Read moreThe text book explanation is that the purpose of Waitangi Day is to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, in 1840.
Read moreLast night Dean and I were fortunate enough to be invited to attend the Lexus M2 Man and Woman of the year awards. It was an evening full of fun and vibrancy. It was great to be amongst such an energetic and positive group of people. Tim Lawrence (the founder of M2) was particularly good to watch - he was electric.
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