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A bill that will put more conduct obligations on insurers has passed its first reading in Parliament. The Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill was drafted after reviews by the Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank, which w...
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When your client has a cracked windscreen, it might be due to an accident or if it’s a broken rear window, it might have been an act of vandalism. Whatever the cause, you want to be confident that your client will be well looked a...
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Iwona Bettridge discusses her career in insurance
Iwona Bettridge admits she barely even knew what insurance was when she joined NZI 15 years ago - now she’s a highly regarded regional manager for the company’s AON CPF (client placement facility) line. Like many insura...
FSCL Case Study
A client, with the help of a broker, arranged insurance for herself and her daughter to drive a work vehicle. The woman was aware that her daughter had a couple of issues in the past and wrote on the insurance application form that...
IBANZ Forum
QUESTION… A retirement home was built a couple of years ago, and during construction, it would seem that a concrete core that had been cut for drain/sewage was dropped into the system. When the room was ta...
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By Rod Severn, CEO, Professional IQ College.
As I sit here at a Compliance Symposium in Wellington, listening to industry experts discuss the merits of compliance, I realise how many areas of business this topic actually covers. Sometimes we forget how far compliance...IFSO Case Study
...how complaints can add value for you and your clients...
Jewellery is commonly lost, damaged or stolen. You can help your clients by encouraging them to take simple steps now to avoid problems later. The best time to take action, and to understand insurance policies, is before anything does...IBANZ Forum
Question… If a retail client suffers a total loss and decides not to reinstate/ reopen their business but walk away, are they still entitled to make a claim for their stock which was insured under their material...
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By Angela Cuming
In the brave new world of the age of the internet there is one threat that looms largest to businesses: cyber-attacks. As of January 2020, virtually all of AIG’s commercial property and casualty insurance policies...Feature
FSCL’s Susan Taylor offers insights into what lies ahead for brokers.
T ransitional licensing for financial advisers and brokers opened on November 25. The FMA has indicated that there will be two standard conditions on financial advice provider transitional licences: You must...
