Henry Smith
Financial Adviser at Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver (FSP712931) and founder of QuoteHub NZ. Sydenham, Christchurch.
Who Henry Smith is
Henry Smith is a New Zealand financial adviser at Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver, a licensed Financial Advice Provider registered as FSP712931 and based at Level 2, 383 Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch. Henry Smith founded QuoteHub NZ, the insurance comparison service that Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver operates, and is registered on New Zealand's Financial Service Providers Register as FSP1010699.
Henry returned to New Zealand after spending time in Australia and built QuoteHub because comparing insurance here was slower and more complicated than it needed to be. People were waiting days or weeks for quotes, speaking with multiple providers, and trying to read complex policy wording without a simple way to compare their options side by side.
QuoteHub NZ was his answer to that: a consumer-facing digital comparison experience sitting on top of a licensed advice business, so a household gets a modern online journey and still speaks to an authorised adviser before anything is put in place. Henry also runs QuoteHub's adviser-introduction service, and answers those enquiries personally.
- Role
- Financial Adviser · Digital Growth Lead
- Firm
- Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver
- Adviser FSP number
- FSP1010699
- Financial Advice Provider
- Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver — FSP712931, Class 2 FAP licence (FMA)
- Location
- Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Also founder of
- QuoteHub NZ
What Henry advises and writes about
Henry Smith writes and advises on the six personal and business insurance types that Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver is licensed to give personalised financial advice on in New Zealand: life insurance, income protection, trauma and critical illness cover, health insurance, mortgage protection, and business protection. The full scope and its limitations are set out on the QuoteHub disclosure page.
- Life insurance
- Income protection
- Trauma / critical illness cover
- Health insurance
- Mortgage protection
- Business protection
Read the full disclosure statement
Regulatory status and how Henry is paid
Advice given through QuoteHub NZ is provided under the Financial Advice Provider licence held by Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver (legal entity Craig Smith Business Services Limited), which holds a Class 2 licence issued by New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority and is registered as FSP712931. Both the firm's registration and Henry Smith's own registration, FSP1010699, can be checked on the Financial Service Providers Register.
Henry Smith does not charge clients a direct fee for advice given through QuoteHub. Advisers at Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver are paid by the insurer in commission when a policy is placed and while it stays in force, which is a conflict of interest that QuoteHub discloses in full rather than leaving implied. Commission is built into the insurer's standard premium, so the premium is not higher for using an adviser.
Check the FSP RegisterHow we're paidEditorial policyComparison methodologyArticles by Henry Smith
Henry Smith is the named author of the QuoteHub NZ guide library, which covers New Zealand life, income protection, trauma, health and mortgage protection cover. Every article is reviewed by Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver as the licensed Financial Advice Provider (FSP712931) before publication, and carries the date it was last updated. The twelve most recently updated articles are listed below.
Browse every QuoteHub NZ article
Contact Henry
Henry Smith can be reached by email at [email protected], through LinkedIn, or through the QuoteHub contact page. Enquiries about the adviser introduction service go to the same address and Henry answers them himself. There is no charge for an initial conversation and no obligation to take out or change any policy.
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