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By Andrew Horne, partner, and Nick Frith, senior associate, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts Company directors are facing increasing challenges. Substantial damages awards in the Mainzeal case, together with a greater presence of litiga...
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By Olivia de Pont, senior associate, and Nick Frith, senior associate, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts The Government has announced a new package to assist purchasers of earthquake-damaged homes who have discovered that the property ha...
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To a certain extent we all have expectations about future events or occurrences which are in part formed by our beliefs and experiences. If you have not studied by distance learning before you may have some unreal expectations.&n...
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This year’s Women in Insurance Broker of the Year winner, Faith Owens from Br...
How did you come to be a broker? I started my career working for AA Insurance in Penrose many years ago, and then carried on working in insurance in London in the early 2000s. This included a stint at loss adjusting...FSCL Case Study
The insured travelled to Australia to spend time with her daughter. One day, she accidentally dropped her daughter’s laptop while she was sitting on the couch. The screen became discoloured and eventually stopped working. The...
FSCL Case Study
In early 2018, the insured’s jet ski stopped working. He took the jet ski to his usual repairer, but they were at capacity, and could not take on the repairs. They recommended another repairer, who was performing repairs...
IBANZ Forum
Question.. Hope you can assist on a little travel claim as the insurers are declining based on semantics. Our client has a corporate travel policy in place. Our client makes up part of the executive management team and is...
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Question... I have a company who is constructing a building in their own name. They have arranged contract works insurance, but have also asked about defective workmanship. As the building is owned by them, I advised they could...
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Question... Our client had a car that was insured in his name stolen. The claim was recently settled by payment to his nominated account. His wife has now asked for details of the settlement as she says she is...
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Question... A client owns a property in Christchurch. The building suffered some minor damage in Christchurch earthquakes and claim was cash settled . The damage was assessed as plaster and painting only. The tenant now...
