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Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) has appointed Financial Advice NZ CEO Katrina Shanks as its next chief executive. Ben Bessell, ANZIIF president, said: “I am delighted that Katrina will b...
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Repairhub, AMI, State, and NZI's specialist vehicle repair centre, has launched an apprenticeship programme to attract new talent to the industry. “The collision repair industry as a whole has been struggling to...
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NZI is helping businesses manage and mitigate electrical safety and lower the risk of commercial fires. The group’s electrical safety inspectors, Toby Lancaster and Zak Dean, are working to identify customers’...
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Vero Insurance New Zealand is providing additional training for employees to become assessors for EQCover claims under the EQC Act after a surge in claims. Nearly ten months after the Auckland floods and Cyclone...
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By Cecily Brick, partner, Fee Langstone
Earlier this year, the Court of Appeal upheld a High Court decision finding the owners of the Christchurch Adventure Park liable for losses caused to neighbouring property owners whose homes were damaged by the spread of fire from the...Humans of NZI
Jason Phang has been with IAG New Zealand for almost 14 years. He started in the firm’s marketing and reputation team in 2009, looking after NZI. Fast forward to 2023, Jason is now NZI’s manager for portfolio, pricing...
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Global insurance broker Lockton has appointed Craig Buckle as its New Zealand chief executive officer, effective from January. Buckle succeeds Peter Lowe, who led the broker group’s expansion into the Pacific region....
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How can brokers achieve the right balance between flexibility and productivit...
The future of work had already started to change before the Covid pandemic, but it certainly accelerated during those unprecedented times. There were no rules to follow; we had to come up with a way of adapting and thriving to not only...
