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IBANZ Forum

FENZ charged on Rural Sundry vehicle limits

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...
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Climate Change

New Zealanders call for stronger Government lea...

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 r...
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Why meaningful choice matters

By Paul Uprichard, Executive Director, New Zealand Underwriting Agencies Coun...

Choice is one of the most valuable things a broker can offer a client. But choice, in itself, is not the objective. A healthy insurance market isn't defined solely by the number of products or participants it has; rather, the r...
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Feature

Marine insurance in transition: an evolving ris...

Marine insurance operates in a dynamic environment, and the pace of change is accelerating. Geopolitical instability, legislative reform, and emerging technologies are reshaping the sector, creating challenges for insurers, brokers and...
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FSCL Case Study

You can’t unknow what your broker knows

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....
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FSCL Case Study

Unauthorised disclosure an expensive mistake fo...

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...
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Climate Change

Climate resilience plans still have barriers to...

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...
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Cyber insurance delivers meaningful financial p...

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...
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IBANZ Forum

Application of 'Turnover elsewhere after damage...

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...
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IBANZ Forum

FENZ on a stop bank - Contract Works

NHI/FENZ

QUESTION The words stop bank don't appear in the Exemptions list, but they also don't appear to have been in the previous Exemptions list ,but no FENZ were charged on stop banks under a Contract Works policy.  It is...
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