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IFSO Case Study
After severe flooding, the Chan* family’s house was badly damaged and needed to be rebuilt. Their insurer accepted the claim and agreed to cover the cost of rebuilding the home. However, a dispute arose about how high the reb...
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A look into Vero’s countrywide Broker Roadshow by Jane Brewer, Executive Ge...
Insurance has always been an industry shaped by change. But right now, that change feels like it’s accelerating in every direction at once. A 219% increase in weather-related claims volumes year-on-year 1 . Nearly $9 billion in n...Feature
The insurance industry is in the grip of a familiar tension. Carriers are pouring capital into AI-driven automation, promising faster underwriting, smarter claims handling and leaner operations. And yet, as Aon's Chief Executive Gr...
FSCL Case Study
Franklin* and his business owned several units at a property. The Body Corporate for Franklin’s property held various insurance policies with an insurer, including a statutory liability policy, which included cover for defence...
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A different way to think about partnership
Independent insurance brokers are under more pressure than ever. Compliance requirements keep growing, underwriters want more data and reporting, clients expect faster service, and staff recruitment, training and retention is a...IBANZ Forum
Commercial Fleet/Vehicle
QUESTION: We have a client with a number of vehicles insured with the same insurer. He had two Range Rovers, both insured, sold one and instructed us to cancel cover on it. He advised the wrong rego. so the Range rover...Feature
Long-term claims growth hits decade low
Accident insurer's report shows the long-term claims pool grew just 0.3% and 92% of clients on weekly compensation returned to work within a year. New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has released its...Advertorial
To adapt to the upcoming Contracts of Insurance Act (CoIA), will your organisation be adding layers to cope, or will you re-design work to perform? How much will your approach really cost your business? Will...
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Allianz Commercial plans to transfer its standalone commercial cyber insurance portfolio to Coalition under a multi-year global arrangement that will make Coalition its exclusive partner for commercial cyber business. The transaction,...
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As a small island nation New Zealand has always lived with weather risk, but industry tracking shows storm-related claims were up more than 250% in the 12 months to February 2026. Storms struck somewhere in New Zealand roughly once...