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Question... We have had several instances recently where insurers have advised that a claim has been accepted, and we have notified our client, and then a little way down the track, they have reversed that decision, having rece...
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Question... We have a claim ongoing at the moment where an insurer has backtracked on their settlement offer and refusing to honour what they originally offered. A client's TV was damaged and a claim was lodged and acc...
IFSO Case Study
The insured held insurance on her house. In April 2019, she made a claim to the insurer, because her dog had vomited and had diarrhoea, damaging the carpet at the house over the course of a day. The insurer accepte...
FSCL Case Study
A woman bought a new house in 2018. She asked her insurance broker to arrange home and contents insurance for the property. When she filled out the application form, she omitted a few details about locks and the alarm system...
Feature
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
Preliminary figures released by the Insurance Council of New Zealand reaffirm the extent of damage the July Northland floods left behind. There has been $37 million paid to date by insurers to support their customers' recovery....
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Question... A tap was left on in a commercial building. Flooding caused saturated carpets and damage to walls and skirting boards. The LA is suggesting split the cost 50/50 as the tenant is responsible for the carpet per...
IFSO Case Study
The Fair Insurance Code was developed by the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) and applies to all ICNZ members. It encourages good conduct and professionalism and describes how the relationship between insurers and their customers...
Feature
Fewer claims, more hardship – insurance companies navigating pandemic are in ...
Insurers are used to crises: earthquakes, floods, fires and accidents. But this year’s pandemic has thrown a new set of challenges at New Zealand’s insurance industry. Insurers have had to grapple with the...Ask an Expert
Question: We have a situation with a leak under the driveway within a residential property. Under the home definition the driveway is included as long as it is within residential boundaries. The client has a leak...
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Question: We are looking at changing general liability providers for a plumbing business. There are no known claims or circumstances likely to give rise to a claim. Due to the nature of the plumbing industry and the...
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Question A client has agreed to purchase a house over which the seller holds home insurance. When the property goes unconditional the purchaser wishes to undertake some building/renovation work prior to settlement. Both...
IFSO Update
Karen Stevens, Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman, says the best time for consumers to undersand insurance is before they need it. “It’s both our message to consumers, and to financial advisers who belong...
Opinion
By Crossley Gates
We look at two recent court decisions, one in the Court of Appeal of Western Australia and the other in the High Court of New Zealand, where poor policy drafting led to policy interpretation disputes. In both cases, the courts...Feature
Owner-occupiers of unit and apartments living in earthquake-prone buildings will have certainty about what support they’ll be eligible for from the Government, Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa says. The...
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