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Cyber insurance to protect against cyber bullying and other personal risks ha...
Q. Why is personal cyber protection insurance necessary? Laura Murray: Because, unfortunately, cyber-crime is on the increase globally, and the COVID pandemic has only served to worsen that. As more people work from home ...Feature
Global travel and health insurer PassportCard has launched a new product designed solely for digital nomads. The product is aimed at digital-savvy remote workers and equips customers with a PassportCard red credit card. If a ...
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Law firm Wotton + Kearney has promoted cyber, privacy and data security specialist Joseph Fitzgerald to partner. Fitzgerald advises large sporting, health, education and infrastructure bodies, as well as SME and non-profit ent...
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Alongside our broker partners, we’re committed to delivering exceptional customer service that is quick, easy, and convenient. We know how frustrating it can be for clients when they get a windscreen chip, and that’s...Feature
Liam Pomfret, AIG's Head of Cyber & Professional Indemnity, Asia Pacific, tal...
Are cyber attacks on the increase in New Zealand? If you read the media, it points towards that. From AIG’s perspective, our cyber claim count in New Zealand has been increasing each year, as it has in other...Feature
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...PIQ College
Level 5 on the to-do-list? Top tips for distance learning and getting the m...
The prospect of setting time aside from an already busy schedule to complete a qualification is, understandably, a bit daunting. But help is at hand. Read on for some tips for Distance Learning, and accessing dedicated support...Feature
Claims is a people business, writes Dr. Dexter Morse, former Director Global Insurance & Risk Management at the International Air Transport Association (IATA). There are so many lessons to be learned from the claims department....
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Andrew Horne and Nick Frith, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
On Christmas Day last year, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand suffered a cyber attack. The attack involved a malicious actor gaining access to a third party file sharing application named Accellion FTA, which the Reserve Bank used to...Feature
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
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
Global broking business Brokerslink has launched its dedicated international insurance programme management platform to drive the continued growth and digitalisation of its international portfolio across its broker network. ...
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By Craig Furness Managing director of Gallagher Bassett in New Zealand.
A crisis like Covid-19 affects all business sectors. For insurance, the demand to deliver tailored solutions across multiple service lines on a local, national and global scale has certainly increased. The cataclysmic shifts of...Feature
by Andrew Horne, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts
New Zealand’s stock exchange, NZX, suffered cyber-attacks on six consecutive working days earlier this year. The attacks left it unable to facilitate trading in shares, in its debt market, the Fonterra shareholders’...Feature
NZX hack a reminder that any business can fall victim. By Angela Cuming
2020 has exposed our vulnerabilities in unexpected and worrying ways. The ongoing Covid-19 crisis serves as a grim reminder that global pandemics are a real and recurring threat, while the recent cyberattacks on the New Zealand...Professional IQ College offers workshops, online courses, webinars and qualifications.
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