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trauma or serious illness insurance
2015-07-24

Did you know
Stroke is the second largest killer in New Zealand
22 New Zealanders have a stroke every day, and 80% of these people need daily living support and cannot work.
Thats 8000 people a year ! One third of strokes are fatal (cause death)
2000 strokes are people still working and 40 Stroke victims will be children.
One in 20 New Zealanders are diagnosed with Heart Disease.

Protect you and your family against sudden, life changing events.
Trauma Insurance is designed to pay you a lump sum if you suffer a critical illness, to ensure that you can cope with the consequential effects on your lifestyle, family and work.
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Falling business confidence points to... OCR cuts
2015-07-24

 sharp decline in business confidence has led ASB to formally join the economists predicting three more OCR cuts by the end of the year.
 
In the latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, which came out this morning, business confidence fell to the lowest level since September 2012.
NZIER senior economist Christina Leung said the results of the survey showed the New Zealand economy was losing momentum.
The drop in activity indicators in the June 2015 quarter pointed to annual growth remaining below 3% over the coming year, she said.
This was a marked drop from the 3.5% annual growth seen at the end of last year.

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EQC levy increase Q & A's
2015-07-17

 
Who is the Earthquake Commission (EQC)?
The Earthquake Commission (EQC) is a New Zealand Government-owned Crown Entity which provides a Natural Disaster Fund for New Zealand residential property owners. The EQC also funds research about matters relevant to natural disaster damage.
Why have Earthquake Commission (EQC) levies increased?
The current Government EQC levy is insufficient to meet the day-to-day operating costs of the EQC, including the cost of reinsurance and the cost of rebuilding the Natural Disaster Fund following the Canterbury earthquakes. The EQC levy increase applies from 1 February 2012. The EQC levy is collected by insurance companies...

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