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Climate Change
Understanding Climate Risk
Yvonne Moore, head of Zurich Resilience Solutions (UK), explains why resilience programmes stall inside organisations. She also sets out what a proactive climate strategy does to an underwriting conversation, and why that exchange shou...Climate Change
A $15 million scheme elsewhere avoided 10 times its cost
Private insurers have absorbed $31 billion of the more than $64 billion in total natural hazard costs New Zealand has incurred since 2010, while government spending on reducing that risk before disasters strike has remained at just 3%,...IBANZ Forum
Material Damage/BI/Contract Works
QUESTION I have a client who owns a restaurant which suffered damage and was unable to trade for three weeks, resulting in a Gross Profit loss. Their insurer has accepted the Business Interruption claim, however has note...FSCL Case Study
Mark* operated a motel business. His insurance broker assisted with the placement and renewal of the motel’s business insurance policies. As part of an insurance renewal process, the broker asked Mark whether the motel had any...
Appointments
The role was created following a review of Business Operations to ensure the support provided to broking branches continues to evolve with the needs of the business. As Head of Broking Services, Charlene is focused on improving how...
IBANZ Forum
Rural
QUESTION If you have sundry vehicle cover under a rural policy, what is the applicable FENZ levy payable, as we do not always know all the vehicles that are covered by this, which is why the sundry limit is in place? For...Feature
Brokers assume asking wealthy clients about their belongings sounds like a sales pitch, but underwriters say it's usually the client who raises it first. For a broker already handling a client's construction or commercial...
Climate Change
Insurance Council of New Zealand
The Climate Change Response Amendment Bill has been welcomed by insurers for setting out a long-awaited framework for climate adaptation, but they warn that funding, implementation and durable political support will be critical to...Climate Change
By Graham Campbell, Director - Economics and Research, New Zealand Infrastruc...
Flooding - both inland and coastal - is already one of New Zealand's most costly natural hazards, and the costs are rising. New research by Earth Sciences New Zealand, commissioned by the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission, Te...Feature
More than 95% of average data breach losses and 90% of average first-party losses are adequately covered by insurance, according to the latest report published in Australia by Willis, a WTW business (NASDAQ:WTW). The report, Cyber...