Research and website upgrades: what you need to know

QPR Database V16 has been released! 

Our Research team have made some monstrously good updates to the QPR database recently. If you’ve noticed we’re running a bit slower than usual, please refresh your page and scroll down to ensure that you’re on our latest version – QUOTE ENGINE V.3.0 B1 | QPR V.16.0 | WEB V4.6.0

Our latest updates to Researchmonster include:

– Research for the following insurers are now available to include in your comparison:

o   OneChoice:

·        Life, Trauma (Accelerated), and TPD (Any Occupation Accelerated)

o   Booster

·        Super Simple Life

o   Chubb Life & Living (replaces LifeOne in the main quote flow, however, can still be accessed via Standalone Head to Head)

·        Life, and Trauma (Standalone)

o   NZ Seniors

·        Term Life

o   Greenwich

·        QuickCover Life

These changes have led to an update of our Product Map, click here to download the most recent version.

– Policy document update for Unimed Hospital Select effective 1 August 2024.

o   Rating changes applied to:

·        Loyalty Benefits, Non-Surgical Benefits, Child Features, and Exclusions

– Policy document updates for:

·        AA Health

·        AA Life

·        ANZ Life & Living

·        SBS (Term Life)

– Reviews:

o   Based on adviser feedback, we have recently updated the Extras and Options on Income and Mortgage selections on Quotemonster:

·        Fidelity Life’s Extras package now includes Specified Medical Conditions, Specific Injury Benefit, Death Benefit, and TPD 

·        Partners Life Options package now includes Injury Benefit, and Trauma Benefit

o   Trauma remediation: sub-items in Paralysis, amount score in Financial Planning & Legal Advice

o   Medical remediation: sub-item in Physiotherapy (Accuro)

Recent Pricing Updates

We are now quoting the latest Unimed medical rates effective 1 August.

Standalone Head to Head is a powerful tool subscribers can use to:

–        Compare legacy products for replacement business

–        Compare products from the same provider; e.g., AIA Critical Conditions vs Progressive Care

–        Compare different product sets; e.g., Severe Trauma vs Comprehensive Trauma

–        Quick head to head research comparisons

Please note this feature is still in Beta version so please reach out to us if you have any feedback that you would like us to consider in our next round of development.

Business Insurance is a powerful tool Advicemonster subscribers can use to quote, research, and run a needs analysis on for Life, Trauma, TPD and Key Person. We highly recommend joining us for our next online training session to learn more about the service, and as a thank you for attending we can offer a 14-day trial on your account for new users.

Upcoming training sessions:

– Introduction to Quotemonster

Quotemonster training session where we demonstrate the basic functions of our website, along with some handy tips and tricks along the way.

Friday, 30 August 2024 9:30 am-10:30 am

– Demystifying Advicemonster

Advicemonster training session where we demonstrate how to use our needs analysis and statement of advice (SOA) tools.

Friday, 30 August 2024 10:30 am-11:30 am

– Business Risk Research and SOAs with Quotemonster

Business risk pricing, research, and SOA demonstration.

Friday, 30 August 2024 12:00 pm-12:45 pm

– Research Deep Dive

Join our research team as we meet up online and have a discussion on a specific research topic.

If you have any questions or are interested in attending one of the above-mentioned sessions, please send us a request on info@quotemonster.co.nz 

Happy Crunching!