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A New Zealand start-up is promising to make it easier for insurers to reconcile broker premium payments. Grappler co-founder Colleen MacCarthy said many insurers were still working with manual systems but there was scope to automat...
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NZbrokers has added four broker partners over the past year and is eyeing further growth. Chief executive Jo Mason said: “Our broker network now represents more than 164,000 clients in more than 85 locations across the countr...
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Vero Insurance research shows one in four small to medium enterprise owners and decision-makers (SMEs) have no business insurance. It comes as part of the second edition of the Vero SME Insurance Index, which delves into the...
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Forty-one per cent of authorised financial advisers offer insurance advice, new Financial Markets Authority data shows. It has released its latest snapshot of the country’s AFAs, compiled from the annual returns that they...
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Insurers have provided $101m in support and assistance to communities so far this year. Three major storms struck New Zealand in the first quarter of 2018: the January storms, Cyclone Fehi and ex-Tropical Cyclone Gita. Together,...
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The Insurance Council says Cyclone Fehi has already cost insurers almost $38.5 million. It hit New Zealand on February 1, causing widespread wind damage and flooding in exposed coastal towns. States of emergency were declared...
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IAG New Zealand has announced the retirement of Karl Armstrong after 47 years with the company. The acting executive general manager of the firm will step down on May 31. Chief executive Craig Olsen said Armstrong had...
