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73% of small businesses concerned about cyber s...

Recent research from insurer AMI shows that 73% of small business owners are concerned about cyber security, and one in four say they’ve been affected within the last two years. Despite that concern, more than half of busines...

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New Zealand ranked ninth most impacted by natur...

A recent report by Intersec has found that New Zealand ranked ninth on the list of countries most impacted by natural disasters between 2000 and 2024. Utilising data from EM-DAT and population figures from publicly available source...

A Year in Review

That was 2024. What’s in store for 2025?

For this year-end issue of CoverNote we talk to four industry leaders about t...

Kris Faafoi is CEO of the Insurance Council of New Zealand. Grant Milne is MD of the ICIB BROKERWEB Group. Andy Croy in GM Distribution for NZ at QBE. Neil Cousins is CEO of Steadfast and the current president of IBANZ, the indus...

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Recognising massive contributions to the industry

Six insurance industry identities, who have contributed greatly to IBANZ and ...

The people are Angus McCullough, Bruce Oughton, Jo Mason, Paul Munton and Roger Abel . An Honorary Life Membership has also been bestowed posthumously upon Max Marsh who sadly passed away in July this year. Honorary Life...

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Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Japan, August 2024

The 2024 PSC Connect Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo in Japan brought together our brokers and employees from Australia and New Zealand, as well as key suppliers, insurers and agency partners for a dynamic and inspiring...

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Gallagher Insurance signs on as major sponsor f...

Gallagher Insurance has been named as one of the major sponsors for the upcoming New Zealand Open after serving as a supporting sponsor earlier this year. Gallagher said that after witnessing the positive impact of the tournament...

Humans of NZI

From referee to Relationship Manager - Tim Litt...

It’s not often that you stumble across someone with a passion for both mixed martial arts (MMA) and insurance, but that's precisely what you get with Tim Littler, NZI's Principal, National Broker Partner.  ...

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IBANZ calendar of events

IBANZ offers a range of CPD from quality presenters who specialise in providing a variety of fire and general presentations, as well as a selection on soft skills ranging from time management to client care. All webinars: 10.30 -...

IBANZ Forum

When does actual change of ownership occur?

QUESTION We have a client who imports and sells motorhomes. As part of their final sales process they arrange notification of transfer of ownership on Waka Kotahi website, and get motorhomes registered and complete final checks...

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FENZ levy

QUESTION If we are endorsing a policy after 1 July but removing/reducing cover, are we using the old FENZ levy or the new one? Example - building placed 1 August 2024 but 30 July 2024 we are reducing the sum insured, are we...

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