
Russell Hutchinson
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Director and Owner at Money Blog
Management consultant to the financial services industry in New Zealand, specialising in life, living, and health insurance marketing.
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1 week ago |
goodreturns.co.nz | Russell Hutchinson
Wednesday, April 16th 2025, 8:18AMby Russell HutchinsonNon-Pharmac medicines coverage – aiming for a data-informed evaluation Non-Pharmac coverage has become increasingly important to clients purchasing private health insurance, primarily due to rising public demand for treatments and medications not funded by Pharmac (the government agency overseeing public pharmaceutical purchasing and subsidy).
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1 month ago |
goodreturns.co.nz | Russell Hutchinson
Everyone is telling us that there are a lot of lapses. Most reviews of the life sector say that there are some serious challenges: there are a lot of lapses and large numbers of people are uninsured, and not-great levels of new business. Tuesday, March 4th 2025, 9:59AMby Russell HutchinsonEveryone is telling us that there are a lot of lapses.
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1 month ago |
goodreturns.co.nz | Russell Hutchinson
As a data analyst working in the insurance sector, I have a great appreciation for the pivotal role that accurate and comprehensive data plays in our industry. Recently, the proposal by Statistics NZ to overhaul the traditional census and transition to an "admin data first" approach has sparked considerable debate.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
goodreturns.co.nz | Russell Hutchinson
Russell Hutchinson sits down with a bunch of teenagers to play a financial literacy board game to see who can make the most money (a learn about financial things). Wednesday, November 27th 2024, 6:33AMby Russell HutchinsonSince it was designed for teenagers, I thought I had better find some to review it. Fortunately, I happen to have a teenager lying around the house, who is an expert in games of all types.
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Nov 17, 2024 |
goodreturns.co.nz | Russell Hutchinson
Recently of our readers encouraged us to take a look at Hackt!cs, a game designed to teach financial literacy to young adults. Monday, November 18th 2024, 9:33AMby Russell HutchinsonSince it was designed for teenagers, I thought I had better find some to review it. Fortunately, I happen to have a teenager lying around the house, who is an expert in games of all types. Providing appropriate incentives ($100) I got them to invite some friends over, play Hackt!cs, and report on the experience.
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