I have been a director on the Board of the TripleA since 2015 and became chair in 2017. In 1985, I established an agency with National Mutual in Dunedin, corporatised my agency in 1996, forming what is today called Papworth Financial Advisers Limited, with offices in Wanaka and Dunedin. I have developed, over the last … Read More

Your liability insurance, provided by NZI Liability/Lumley, has a long history. Let’s look at where TripleA liability claims and precautionary notifications have come from since 2005: The pie chart above breaks down the 439 claims and notifications made to NZI Liability/Lumley by TripleA members since 2005. In the table: “Other” claims come from a range … Read More

The Board had its last meeting in Wellington on 7th September, the same day as our AGM. It was great to see a couple of old AXA stalwarts at the AGM as well as some new faces. There were lots of good questions and banter, so it was a very pleasant couple of hours spent … Read More

I have been on the Board of The TripleA since 2015 as a director and now as Deputy Chair. I’m also on the board of the OneNetwork Advisers. My involvement in the financial advisory industry initially started in 1994, where I worked with my father Brian for 2 years. Then, in 2002 when I returned … Read More

So, with the turn of events in Australia focused firstly on AMP charging a fee when no advice had been provided, and now the Royal Commission looking at the wider industry over there, we are all aware that NZ’s turn may be just around the corner. Pre-empting this in NZ, the FMA and the Reserve … Read More

The Board had its last meeting in June alongside The Association’s conference in Nelson. We had a good smattering of members there so good to see a few familiar faces. The usual house-keeping work was done by the Board, reviewing draft annual accounts and progress against the business plan. As always, we looked forward and … Read More