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PSC Connect continues to show impressive growth since its inception in 2012 with 43 Member Brokers and $50m GWP throughout New Zealand. The PSC Group also continues its expansion globally with two recent purchases in the UK and Aus...
Live News
Insurance giant IAG New Zealand has been lauded for its employee-led initiative encouraging the use of te reo Māori within the company at the 2019 Diversity Awards NZ™. The Te Reo Talk programme received a highly commended ...
PIQ College
The financial services sector has been overwhelmed lately with legislative change, tightening, loosening and then tightening of regulatory lending policies, housing boom bust cycles and now FSLAA, the code of conduct, insurance contract...
FSCL Case Study
A client engaged a tiler, to assist with a bathroom renovation. The tiler engaged a subcontractor to complete one aspect of the renovation. Unfortunately, the clients were not happy with the standard of the subcontractor’s...
FSCL Case Study
The clients were a couple who lived in a remote part of New Zealand, running a building business as well as a bed-and-breakfast. They arranged liability insurance for their business, as well as material damage insurance for their...
IBANZ Forum
Question... Client is an owner/operator of a vehicle recovery and tow business. He never tows on a hook. All carriages are on a flat deck truck or trailer. The vehicle is winched on to the flat-deck or trailer for the purpose of...
IBANZ Forum
Question... A claim has been lodged, accepted and paid for by the insurer. An uninsured third party reversed into the customer's parked vehicle. The uninsured driver was identified. The insurer has established liability...
IBANZ Forum
Question... We have a client who ships goods overseas on CIF terms, and therefore has to arrange insurance to cover the goods including when risk transfers to the purchaser. They have suffered a loss which appears to have...
IBANZ Forum
Question... A client was commissioned to build a steel frame on which to place a silo. Several months after it was built, the silo was filled up and the frame collapsed. It has since been found that the failure was due to...
Feature
By Stephen Henkin, risk management services, Vero
Lithium ion – or Li-ion – batteries are becoming ubiquitous in New Zealand homes and businesses. They’re widely used to power everything from mobiles and laptops to power tools, e-bikes, scooters and motor...
