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Lloyd’s outlines pathway to clarity

Specialist insurance and reinsurance market Lloyd’s has published a new report,  Building simpler insurance products to better protect customers , which sets out a number of ways the global insurance industry could remov...

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Delta signs international deal

New Zealand-headquartered insurance business Delta Insurance Group has signed an agreement with London-based specialty Lloyd’s-of-London reinsurance brokers Prospect Insurance Brokers to market and distribute Delta&...

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Market for D&O insurance hardest in living memory

Directors in New Zealand and Australia are facing the most volatile and restrictive liability insurance market in living memory, according to a report released by the Institute of Directors (IoD) with Marsh and MinterEllisonRuddWatts. A...

IBANZ Forum

Threshold for an interruption claim

Question. .. A motor vehicle dealership holds a BI policy and insures their full gross profit. The operative clause reads: ".....the insurer agrees to indemnify the insured for loss resulting from interruption to or...

IBANZ Forum

Dog on driveway

Question... Our insured was contracted to perform some plumbing work on a property. An employee of the insured elected to take their dog to work. The dog escaped and ran over a neighbour's property that was under...

IBANZ Forum

Insurers changing position

Question... We have had several instances recently where insurers have advised that a claim has been accepted, and we have notified our client, and then a little way down the track, they have reversed that decision, having...

IBANZ Forum

Backtracking on settlement

Question... We have a claim ongoing at the moment where an insurer has backtracked on their settlement offer and refusing to honour what they originally offered. A client's TV was damaged and a claim was lodged and...

IFSO Case Study

Stolen watch disappointment

A couple arranged for contents insurance through their bank. Two years later, a bank employee telephoned the insurer on behalf of the woman, inquiring about specifying a lady’s watch. During this telephone discussion,...

IFSO Case Study

Caught out by carpet excess

The insured held insurance on her house.  In April 2019, she made a claim to the insurer, because her dog had vomited and had diarrhoea, damaging the carpet at the house over the course of a day.  The insurer...

FSCL Case Study

Pandemic problems

In March 2020,  a couple were overseas in the United Kingdom when they heard the call from the New Zealand government to return home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although they were intending to travel home on April 6, 2020, they...

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