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KiwiSaver
Dom Bish

KiwiSaver – Passive, Active & fees?

Recently I put my nose into the debate around passive versus active investing. In my comment on the article I pondered why the choice should be so binary, one or the other? In my observation of investments, the prudent path

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Health Insurance
Dom Bish

I use marijuana – can I get insurance?

MaryJane is not everyone’s choice, but for those who partake, are they punished by the insurance companies? Not necessarily. KEY TAKEAWAYS Stigma, myth and reality What do the underwriters look at Compounding issues (mental health, DUI, other drug use) Back

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Bolster Risk Management
Terms
Dom Bish

“Pre-Conditioned”?

“Pre-Conditioned”? We human beings have a remarkable tendency to put up barriers, to create insurmountable challenges to a situation, and to assemble facts to support our position. It’s fear, usually. So we’ll believe statements like, “oh, there’s no way I’ll

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NZ Independent Iife Insurance
Life Insurance
Dom Bish

CPI – can I hide?!

CPI – “Cost Plus Insurance”? “Can I Pay in Instalments”? You might wonder what some standard economic theory has to do with the cost of your insurance policies. And, fair enough, you may not. When you see your policy prices

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NZ Life insurance
Health Insurance
Dom Bish

For the Good of Your Health…Insurance!

There seems to be a lot of confusion out there around health insurance – not so much around providers, or even product. More around, with NZ’s world-class FREE public health system, do you really need health insurance at all? If

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NZ Income Protection
Trauma Cover
Dom Bish

Is Trauma Critical?

Trauma cover is a great financial risk product that can be very beneficial. However, as with all things insurance there is the good, the bad and the ugly. For many clients that I see for the first time, especially people

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