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April - June 2024
April 3 TOPIC: Focus on the Code of Professional Conduct for Financial Advice Services PRESENTER: Angus Dale-Jones - Financial Advice Code Committee The Code is a key part of the financial advice regime. Its standar...Ask an Expert
QUESTION Hi team, In the past, we have had claims declined because the allegation against our client didn't include actual property damage (even though there may have been some). This time, a claim has been declined b...
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QUESTION Hi Team, I have had a client who is renting a property. A pot was dropped on the ceramic stove top leading to a chip. This has now grown into a crack and the landlord would like the top replaced. The...
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IAG New Zealand, the insurance group behind AMI, NZI and State Insurance, posted a solid set of half-year results for the six months to December 31 last year. Local currency gross written premium grew 18.8% to $2015m (1H23:...
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IAG New Zealand appointed Michele Embling, Rachel Walsh and Scott Pickering to its board. Embling is currently a board member for AIA New Zealand, Transpower, Toitū Tahua – The Centre for Sustainable Finance, and the...
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Cyber specialist underwriting agency Emergence NZ Limited has launched a major upgrade to its key product’s policy wording. The revamp to Emergence’s Cyber Event Protection policy, marketed to brokers as CEP-005,...
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Australian insurance group Market Lane has moved into the NZ market. Newly established company Market Lane Insurance Group (NZ) Limited will provide underwriting and placement solutions, covering contemporary and future risks....
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Insurance brokers have an important role to play guiding businesses towards insurance solutions that strike a balance between coverage, risk and affordability amid a barrage of local and global challenges. Roger Abel, managing director...
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Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) has appointed Financial Advice NZ CEO Katrina Shanks as its next chief executive. Ben Bessell, ANZIIF president, said: “I am delighted that Katrina will...