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Feature
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...
Feature
The battle lines have been drawn in the insurance industry’s war against insurance fraud with the establishment of a new Insurance Fraud Bureau set up by the Insurance Council. But just how common is insurance fraud? And what kin...
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 dama...
Opinion
By Richard Harding, chief executive, Tower Insurance
We need to do more to deliver good customer outcomes. Confidence in our industry is at an all-time low. You only need to open the paper and you can read about a stream of debatable business practices. And these claims...Feature
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...Feature
By Andrew Horne, partner, and Cora Choi, solicitor at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Houghton v Saunders [2019] NZCA 285 indicates that litigants in New Zealand may be able to benefit from an After the Event costs insurance policy (ATE policy). This may increase litigation...Feature
By Tim Grafton
It has been an unparalleled past 12 months of regulatory reviews around insurance and financial services. From the Hayne Royal Commission in Australia to the FMA reviews into the banking and life insurance sectors in New Zealand, and...Live News
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...
Live News
Four changes to the Earthquake Commission (EQC) Act have come into effect this year. They are part of an overall push to put in place the lessons learned from recent event responses including the Canterbury earthquakes. The changes...
