An all-time record high of 2,504 users on quotemonster.co.nz in the last 28 days confirmed that it was a very, very, busy March. More advisers than ever are interested in comparisons. Advisers tell us that consumers like comparisons. Guidance around replacement advice requires that either a comparison is done, or the risks of proceeding without having done a comparison are explained – for example, in this report. It seems that advisers, regulators, and consumers all agree that comparisons are an essential part of financial advice. This situation is dynamic – you cannot form a view and then keep expecting that to hold true – every quarter, on average, four insurers change the pricing for eight product lines and the policy wordings for five product lines. So if you haven’t compared, how can you be confident in your recommendation?