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Mobile phone claims cost revealed

Damaged and lost mobile phones cost New Zealanders an average of $13.5 million every year, according to State Insurance. State has received 35,899 contents insurance claims for mobile phones over the past two and half years –...

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Which cars are most likely to be stolen in NZ?

New research from AMI Insurance has revealed that cars owned by younger people are at greatest risk of being stolen. Research published earlier this year revealed that the most commonly stolen cars in NZ were: 1.  ...

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Extreme weather claims mount

Claims data released by the Insurance Council of New Zealand Te Kāhui Inihua o Aotearoa (ICNZ) revealed that mid-August’s extreme weather resulted in 3,165 general insurance claims with a provisional value of $47.98 million. ...

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The loss adjuster’s perspective

Philip van Zyl, chief executive officer of Sedgwick New Zealand, shares his t...

What are the biggest challenges facing loss adjusting and the wider insurance sector right now?    Staff resourcing appears to be the perennial challenge that loss adjusters face, as do insurers and brokers. Whether we...

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What the Financial Markets (Conduct of Institut...

The Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Act 2022 became law on June 29. However, the practical impact of it on intermediaries could not be assessed at the time as key regulations under it had not been drafted.  The...

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Unfair contract terms regime: What this could m...

Lloyd Kavanagh, Maria Collett-Bevan and Sarah Jones, MinterEllisonRuddWatts, ...

The Insurance Contracts Bill (Bill) released for consultation on 24 February 2022, proposes to make insurance contracts subject to the unfair contract terms regime under the Fair Trading Act 1986 (FTA) (UCT regime). If introduced, this...

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Howden acquires Gallagher Bassett’s NZ personal...

Global insurance broker Howden has acquired the personal injury business of claims administrator Gallagher Bassett New Zealand. The acquisition by Howden Care New Zealand, Howden’s local workplace claims management...

Humans of NZI

Unstoppable passion and unlimited drive

Meet Loren Greig, NZI’s Senior Business Development Manager (BDM) and first r...

2009 was the year Loren Greig’s passion for the insurance industry was ignited. Originally from New Plymouth, Loren made her way down to the windy capital city to begin her first role with NZI as sales support. Since...

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Ex-Tower exec appointed AA chief executive

AA Insurance has appointed Michelle James as its new chief executive, hiring its new boss from Tower.  James joins in February, having held a role in the Tower executive leadership team. She has spent six years at the...

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Reserve Bank seeks feedback on insurance govern...

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has begun a public consultation on governance and supervisory processes in the insurance sector. The consultation, which will run until February, is the last of four topic-specific consultations...

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