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The Insurance Council of New Zealand urged landlords to contact their insurers to assess rental cover and temporary accommodation benefits in the wake of Auckland’s floods. The severe flooding left many homes across the Super...
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AA Insurance expected the January storms to be the largest motor claims event in its history. As of February, with claims numbers expected to rise, AA had received more than 5300 claims in total. Around 2300 were home claim...
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Award-winning underwriting agency Delta Insurance Group is amalgamating its property business into Delta Insurance New Zealand, as it seeks to further its superior insurance services to its New Zealand-based clients and policyhold...
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Suncorp sent an additional team of claims specialists and assessors from its Australian insurance operations to New Zealand as communities in the North Island dealt with more severe weather, including heavy rain and gale-force winds,...
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Insurance Australia Group provided a market update as it dealt with the impact of late January’s floods across the North Island. IAG expects its first-half profit after tax to be A$468 million, while gross written premiums...
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Craig Kirk, co-founder of Delta Insurance and the group’s executive director ...
What are the biggest challenges facing the NZ underwriting market right now? Given the significant impact we have seen across parts of the country from Cyclone Gabrielle, it is no surprise that one of the biggest challenges...Feature
As of February 9, Tower received 4810 claims relating to the floods that hit hit the upper North Island on Auckland Anniversary weekend. The NZX-listed insurer noted that 2660 of the claims were for home insurance, 740 were for...
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by Andy Beven, liability & cyber underwriting manager at NZI
Andy Beven, liability & cyber underwriting manager at NZI, breaks down common cyber security myths that could be holding businesses back. Many business owners are unaware of the growing threat of cyber-attacks and are...Humans of NZI
Meet Toby Lancaster, NZI’s new electrical inspector, who’s come on board with...
Dealing with anything electrical can be frightening for some people, and for good reason. Toby Lancaster, on the other hand, discovered his passion at a young age after following in his father's footsteps into the trade....Feature
Tower reduced its forecast for annual profits and dividends following the North Island floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. The insurance company now expects net profit after tax of between $18 million to $23 million, down from a...
