IFSO Case Study
Mrs Hall* had payment protection insurance and made a claim to the insurer when her employer terminated her employment due to COVID-19. The insurer declined the claim, on the basis that Mrs Hall had been made redundant due to the i...
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Olivia de Pont, senior associate, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
A person’s COVID-19 vaccination status and how they may be treated as a result has become an increasingly controversial topic. Among other issues, it raises the question of how insurers may take vaccination status into accoun...Feature
IAG, the owner of AMI, State, NZI, NAC, Lumley and Lantern, has introduced a vaccine mandate for employees working in its offices, and locations where staff interact with the public. The range of Covid-19 health and safety measures...
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The Covid-19 pandemic will lead to significant changes for insurance brokers,...
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, brokers and insurers have adapted to constant changes. The crisis has altered the way we live, work and travel, and the insurance industry has moved swiftly to adjust to those changes as...Feature
Nick Frith and Thomas Leggat, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
The scale of the COVID-19 crisis made it obvious that the pandemic, and the public health measures it prompted from governments, would have major implications for the insurance world. Responding to an unprecedented disruption in...Feature
Andrew Horne and Hannah Jaques, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
Cyber-attacks on businesses and other organisations are both increasingly common and increasingly damaging. It is no longer a surprise to read a news or business website and learn of a cyber-attack that has caused significant disruption...IFSO Case Study
In January 2020, Mr B arranged cover for a trip to Bali, between 5 April 2020 and 17 April 2020. In February 2020, Mr B cancelled the trip, due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Mr B made a claim to the insurer for...
FSCL Case Study
In November 2019, a woman booked a trip to the Bahamas. She was scheduled to fly from New Zealand to Houston on 12 April 2020, and then onwards to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas. The following day, she would fly from Nassau to...
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By Jon Winsbury and Craig Furness, Gallagher Bassett
The topic of climate change is rapidly rising in prominence on the global public agenda. And, as the world experiences endless parades of catastrophes and significant events on top of the pandemic, claims surge events have become...Opinion
As readers now know, the test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority in the English High Court challenging the declinature of many Covid-19 claims under Business Interruption Policies in England was largely successful. Many of...
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When insurance premiums rise, brokers need to have some frank conversations w...
Insurers in New Zealand, the Pacific region, and across the rest of the globe have increased premium rates in the past year due to a perfect storm of Covid-19, reduced investment returns, and natural catastrophe events. As rates rise...Feature
Premiums are rising across most parts of New Zealand, and a multitude of fact...
As a small island nation prone to natural disasters, New Zealand is a difficult place for insurance underwriters. Over the past year, insurance premiums have begun to rise across the country following a series of natural catastrophe...Feature
By Sadie Beckman
Following a Covid-related delay, the new financial advisers’ regime is finally here. Brokers are confident the changes will be good for the industry After a nine-month delay due to COVID-19, the financial advice industry...Feature
Specialist insurance and reinsurance market Lloyd’s has published a new report, Building simpler insurance products to better protect customers , which sets out a number of ways the global insurance industry could...
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Directors in New Zealand and Australia are facing the most volatile and restrictive liability insurance market in living memory, according to a report released by the Institute of Directors (IoD) with Marsh and MinterEllisonRuddWatts....
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