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Cyber-risk is high on the agenda for many New Zealand businesses however few are very confident about understanding, or responding to a cyber incident, a new global survey shows. Many also do not comprehend the risks their supplier...
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By Michael Botur
He started in insurance in the time of telexes and telegrams but even in today’s digital world, IAG’s outgoing executive general manager of risk and underwriting says you can’t beat the human touch. Armstrong reti...Feature
Move to granular pricing part of bigger shift for industry. By Angela Cuming
Tower Insurance will soon start pricing premiums based on how at-risk residential properties are to all ''natural perils'' in a move experts predict will shake up the local insurance industry and encourage other companie...
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Administrator KordaMentha has recommended CBL Corporation be put into liquidation. They stated in a creditor report that the company, parent of CBL Insurance Europe and CBL in New Zealand, had not put forward any restructuring...
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New Zealand’s first roboadvice offering has been given the green light. The Financial Markets Authority began accepting applications at the end of February from providers who wanted to offer digital personalised financial...
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Fintech start-up Marshmallow has won a trademark battle with Marsh. Marsh had tried to block its use of the name. But the British Intellectual Property Office rules that the two words would be well-known to the average...
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The Earthquake Commission (EQC) has found an extra 949 open insurance claims from the Christchurch earthquakes, bringing the total number up to 3617, it has been reported. Five of the claims have not been worked on, Stuff reported....
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Auckland residents are paying higher car insurance premiums than people in the rest of the country, research shows. Financial product comparison website Moneyhub released a report that found a wide range in prices for car...
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A New Zealand start-up is promising to make it easier for insurers to reconcile broker premium payments. Grappler co-founder Colleen MacCarthy said many insurers were still working with manual systems but there was scope to...
