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Making your insurance claim smoother

Making your insurance claim go smoother would make our lives easier, and less stressful at a time where we already may be emotionally charged. Often we have a number of complimenting insurance policies to cover a number of risks, events and conditions that are particular to our needs. We want to make sure that when we need to claim, that it is not a paperwork nightmare and that we do not get caught up talking to different people and companies for the same insurance claim. In my business I will quite often bundle policy benefits together to make it [...]

2021-02-13T12:40:48+13:0020/06/2015|Categories: Blog, Personal Insurance|Tags: , , |

How a Welcome Home Loan works

  Quite often I will come across clients who qualify for a Welcome Home Loan, so I thought I would write about how the Welcome Home Loan works. Welcome Home Loan explained This is a home deposit program from Housing New Zealand and it is designed to help new homeowners buy their first home.  It does have some rules around who will qualify and it is not for everyone.  In in today's housing market, the cost of delay is expensive (especially if you live in Auckland!) so my advice is, if you can afford it, and you qualify, buy it [...]

2015-06-13T22:33:08+12:0013/06/2015|Categories: Blog, Home Loans, Mortgage Finance, New Finance|Tags: , , |

How likely are you to claim your life insurance?

  How likely are you to claim life insurance? Insurance is about managing risk.  It's a simple concept where many people pool funds together and then funds are paid out to people who need it.  With so many people contributing to such a large pool of funds, there needs to be a line drawn in the sand of who gets paid these funds and when.  This is where policy wording determines and defines what is fair and what is not and who gets paid and who may not.  It simply cannot be a free for all "everyone gets paid all [...]

Comprehensive mortgage insurance

Mortgage Insurance This cover can come with a number of optional add on benefits which I touched on in another article.  In this article I a want to help you understand some of the differences and in what situations you should consider adding optional benefits on your mortgage insurance. The basic cover normally consists of two core benefits, and the simple explanations are as follows; Life Cover: In the event of your death the insured amount is paid to the lender to repay the full balance of the mortgage (assuming that your cover is the same or greater than than [...]

Questions you should ask your Health Insurance provider

Health Insurance may be seen as a luxury more than a necessity, but according to healthfunds.org.nz more than 32% of New Zealanders have private health insurance.  I think this is considerably high, especially if most of us see it as a luxury.  Maybe now, it is no longer a luxury but fast becoming an important part of preserving our quality of life. Why we do we have Health Insurance? Everyone will have their own reasons.  Maybe it's the thought of being on a waiting list to get surgery or not getting that personal level of attention (and privacy) you may [...]

2015-05-24T03:39:22+12:0024/05/2015|Categories: Blog, Health Insurance|Tags: , |

Finding the best mortgage rates

  Finding the best mortgage rates available is subjective.  It is like answering "how long is a piece of string".  It all depends on what you want to do and what your goals are.  Here are three core questions you must ask yourself first. 1. How long am I going to keep the home or loan? If you plan to sell your home in the next 12 months (and most likely repay the loan) then I certainly would not be fixing my home loan mortgage rate for more than 12 months.  I would be considering a 6 month fixed rate [...]

How mortgage insurance works

Mortgage insurance comes in a number of variations and it is important to understand these variations.  You need to understand what you are covered for and what you are not covered for. You should talk to your adviser and find out what are the optional extras are which can be included but may not be in your current cover. Mortgage Repayment Insurance Normally, there is a base cover which is a life insurance benefit, so in the unfortunate event of death of the person (or persons) insured, the insurer will pay the insured amount to the lender and hopefully the insured [...]

Is your home insurance the right amount?

Home Insurance You may have recently heard on Fair Go and in the news recently that many of us have not insured our homes for the right amount.  Insurers have put the responsibility of home insurance on you, therefore running the risk that if you get it wrong, you will have serious shortfalls in what it would cost to replace your home. The great news now is that our insurers have introduced a product called SumExtra for Home Insurance.  We’re extremely pleased to advise that with effect 11th February 2015, this benefit will also apply to all of our clients [...]

2015-04-14T23:46:28+12:0014/04/2015|Categories: Blog, Mortgage Finance, New Finance, Refinance|Tags: , |

Disability Income Protection Explained

Income protection products replace some of your income if you become too disabled to work, and you remain disabled for longer than your chosen waiting period. You do not need to be permanently disabled to claim on a disability income protection product; periods of temporary disablement are also covered - in fact most claims against disability income products only last for a relatively short time period. The good news is that even when you have recovered sufficiently to return to work, the cover remains in place in case you have a recurrence of your previous disability, or even suffer a [...]

2015-01-09T00:49:39+13:0009/01/2015|Categories: Blog, Income Protection, Personal Insurance|Tags: , |

Property values in Rotorua

Rotorua Property Values Recently there was an article about Rotorua property values and as a mortgage broker, I could not help but add my two cents worth.  The question I often get asked by clients home a home is "what do you think it's worth"?.  I would love to be able to have a answer for them but my answer is usually "what ever the market is prepared to pay". Of course, when it comes to securing a home loan for them, the bank will always ask what the valuation is and what is the purchase price so the valuation [...]

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