Auckland woman in her 50s selling her home to pay for unfunded breast cancer treatment costing $85k
Catherine Cooke is one of about 350 Kiwi women diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer each year. The only targeted treatment, the drug Keytruda, is unfunded for early-stage cancer like Cooke’s. She tells the Herald’s Bethany Reitsma how the
Pre-Work Strategies for Seamless Submissions – Webinar by Financial Advice
Operating with care, skill and diligence is an essential component of the role of an adviser. This extends to our client’s circumstances that are relevant to our advice. While this includes their financial situation, needs, goals
Shielding Your Property Investment: The Unexpected Hedge of Health Insurance
Written by Andrew de Vine – Financial Adviser, Adelphi Insurance Brokers 05/09/2024 It’s probably important first to understand what a ‘hedge’ is in the finance world. You may havebeen baffled by them in The Big Short
How a routine blood test helped save my life – Sky TV’s Tony Johnson
Tony Johnson is a sports commentator with Sky TV. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2019 and is an ambassador for Blue September. It was my urologist Michael Mackey, ringing to tell me I had
Young father’s fight to kick stage 4 bowel cancer
Diagnosed with bowel cancer last year, 27-year-old Waipukurau man Shane Chapman underwent what was considered to be a successful surgery, and after Christmas, he was cleared. However, a routine MRI over Easter weekend revealed the bowel
Mum, 36, cancelled life insurance to save money, two months later she learned she had cancer
An Auckland mum cancelled a life insurance policy she’d had for 10 years to reduce financial stress, but just a few months later she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Adele Baker joked to her husband when
