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Annual survey of student satisfaction

Measuring student satisfaction is very important to staff at the Professional IQ College. This is one way that we know we are meeting student expectations.  During 2017 we asked graduates of the NZQA programmes to give us feedback ...

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CBL in liquidation

Liquidators have been appointed to CBL insurance. Kare Johnstone and Andrew Grenfell, partners of McGrathNicol, were appointed by order of the High Court at the end of February. NZX suspended the CBL Corporation stock over con...

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Earthquake Commission gets shake-up

Insurers have welcomed a government decision to appoint a ministerial adviser to the Earthquake Commission (EQC). EQC Minister Megan Woods said the new position would give her advice on the settlement of the 2600 outstanding...

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Are your small business customers accessing gov...

Burglary, theft and aggravated robbery is becoming a big problem for small retail outlets, and the number of reported incidents of violence against dairy and liquor store owners, staff and customers during robberies is high. Now...

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Next best thing to fees-free studies

Next best thing to fees-free studies You may have heard that the Government announced fees-free tertiary education and training for all New Zealand students who finish school in 2017, or will finish school during 2018. They...

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Brokers use Vero SME Index insights to attract ...

Vero has confirmed that it will release the second edition of the SME Insurance Index in April 2018, following the successful New Zealand launch of the Index last year. “After we released the research last year, we surveyed...

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Insurers battle weather

Insurers settled 70,000 claims arising from extreme events in 2017. These included claims arising from the Kaikōura earthquake, extreme weather events and residual Canterbury claims.  “2017 was a year that tested the...

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Kaikoura on track

The Kaikoura earthquake recovery is progressing well, according to data from the Insurance Council of NZ. The insurance sector exceeded its goal of having a majority of claims settled by the end of 2017. At the end of...

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Smoother sailing for IAG

IAG’s first-half earnings were buoyed by an absence of natural disasters. Its New Zealand earnings rose to A$119 million in the six months ended December 31, up from A$36m a year earlier. That was mostly due to a 15%...

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