Life Insurance Blog

Among diseases rife with myths and half-truths, breast cancer is one of the most misunderstood. The truth is that scientists still don't know what causes breast cancer—only that certain factors, such as obesity or drinking too much alcohol, may increase risk. Read full article.

Each year more than 70,000 people in New Zealand are treated for skin cancer. Several facts about skin cancer are probably familiar: it’s very common, it’s often linked with sun exposure, the most common types are basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, and the most deadly type is melanoma. Other facts are less well known, however, and may even seem counter intuitive.

No one expects a cancer diagnosis, but with the highest skin cancer rate in the world many New Zealanders are now revisiting the necessity of life insurance.

Talking about life insurance means talking about death. No-one finds that easy. Pinnacle Life have some tips to get you started on talking about money and life insurance with your partner.

CFFC (Commission for Financial Capability) surveyed 3132 New Zealanders between January to June 2020. They used questions from an OECD toolkit to measure understanding of financial concepts such as interest, inflation, and risk diversification. Only 22% of all respondents answered all questions correctly, and only half as many women as men answered all questions correctly.

If you've got school-age kids, you'll be hitting the final countdown for school to go back. Some of us love the change of pace school holidays bring while for some of us the next week (or so) can't go by fast enough. Whichever group you're in, you'll be checking off stationery items, school uniforms, school bags and lunchboxes. You'll be thinking about schedules and school fees, and you'll probably be thinking about paying for it all.