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Life insurance comparison

Comparison of prices for a 42-year-old non-smoking male with $350,000 of life insurance cover.

  • Pinnacle Life
    $31.15
    / month
  • AA
    $43.25
    / month
  • AIA
    $38.73
    / month
  • Chubb
    $36.21
    / month
  • Partners Life
    $41.14
    / month
  • Westpac
    $40.05
    / month

Pinnacle Life's price includes a 10% discount for the first year, and 10% healthy lifestyle discount which you may or may not be eligible for. 

Price Comparison Top Choice: Pinnacle Life

Comparing life insurance quotes in New Zealand can feel tough. We make it easy by regularly evaluating quotes from different Kiwi life insurers, ensuring Pinnacle Life remains your top choice for affordable individual and joint life policies. Policies start at just $0.55 per day, with cover online from $100,000 to $1,500,000. Get your quote in 30 seconds and covered in 10 minutes.

Cover level comparison

How much life insurance do other people have?

When you're trying to figure out how much life insurance you need, seeing what other people have can be helpful.

Let us know your gender and age, and we will show you what life insurance other people like you have looked at. This is a great starting point for what might be right for you. We've accessed over 140,000 quotes over two years, so you'll get a good ballpark. 

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Disclaimer: * Data is provided by Chatswood Consulting Limited and is based on quote data for the period October 2022 to September 2024.  This information is not personalised advice and is not a recommendation to purchase a certain level of life insurance.

When you're trying to figure out how much life insurance you need, seeing what other people have can be helpful.

Let us know your gender and age, and we will show you what life insurance other people like you have looked at. This is a great starting point for what might be right for you. We've accessed over 140,000 quotes over two years, so you'll get a good ballpark. 

Insurance products

We keep things simple. Our policies are written in plain English. 

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Are you thinking... where to from here?

If you're not sure about the type of cover you should get, how much cover you need, or how your cover will fit into your budget, then this is the place for you. Check out our tools for insurance advice, see what cover others like you have, or play around with our quick quote to align your cover with your budget. 

Easy Online Life Insurance

Helping New Zealander's get their Life Cover sorted for the past 20 years (and many more to come)

  1. 1

    Get a quote

    Select your products and add a few details to get started (you can edit products later). Adjust your lump sum payout amount and monthly premiums to find the right balance for you.

  2. 2

    Apply online

    We’ll ask you some health and lifestyle questions; depending on your answers, you could be covered in just 10 minutes. 

  3. 3

    Get covered

    We’ll email you your policy. Your cover starts immediately, provided we receive your first payment within 14 days.

Why Pinnacle Life?

We want Kiwis to be able to protect those that matter most, in a way that is easy and affordable.

Best Places to Work
  • Online cover made simple

    We write everything in plain English so that it's easy to understand with no surprises. Life cover should be simple.

  • Designed for Kiwis

    We want every family in Aotearoa to have the choice of getting the protection of life insurance and we want it to be easy

  • Affordable insurance

    We know life can get expensive, so we tailor our advice to something you can afford.

Our customers say the loveliest things

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5 / 5

Easy to get my insurance done and very convenient to start up.

Caryle, March 2024
5 / 5

Provided just what we needed and very professional.

Pepe and Bob, August 2024
5 / 5

Clear product knowledge, no hard selling, seamless process. 

Trusted Customer, October 2024
5 / 5

Great premiums for a fair coverage. Very straight forward process and very easy to understand.

Trusted Customer, July 2024
5 / 5

Nice to know to get insurance that can be affordable.

Trusted Customer, April 2024
5 / 5

Very easy, first time ever Life insurance was easy. Other providers had equal opportunity but couldn't provide a confirmed quote a month after I applied.

Paul and Vicky, July 2024
5 / 5

The personalised customer service and empathy shown was amazing.

Anita, July 2024
5 / 5

Easy online application. Price for cover is affordable. 

Trusted Customer, October 2024
5 / 5

Excellent service fast efficient and no mucking around.

Trusted Customer, October 2024
5 / 5

Amazing online platform and awesome follow up from the pinnacle team. Should be an example to all other insurance companies

Graeme, October 2024
5 / 5

Fast, friendly & welcoming.

Trusted Customer, April 2024
4.4/5
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