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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 brok...
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 examp...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%,...FSCL Case Study
Ross* bought a commercial property insurance policy through his broker. Ross owned a business that manufactured and leased small buildings to third parties. One of the buildings was stolen while located at a customer’s property....
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...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...
Climate Change
AMI, State and NZI 2026 climate poll
New Zealanders do not have confidence in the country’s ability to manage climate risks, according to the latest climate change poll from AMI, State and NZI. Just 27% of New Zealanders say they are confident the country can...Humans of NZI
NZI is helping brokers and customers navigate New Zealand's energy transition.
When Kim Wight talks about renewable energy, she’s not just talking about wind farms and solar panels. She’s talking about business resilience, evolving risk profiles, and the opportunities...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...
