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Water leak - cause unknown

Domestic/Lifestyle

QUESTION Our client lives overseas and has a rental property in New Zealand. Following receiving a water bill from TDC for over $14,000 it was discovered there was a leak in the pipe leading from the mains down the driveway to the ...

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Damaged flooring as a result of burst pipe

Domestic/Lifestyle

QUESTION We have a client who heard running water coming from under the house and immediately called a plumber to investigate.  In order to get to the impacted area, the plumber and subsequently a builder had to remove floorin...

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FEL Levy on dwelling insured under Material Dam...

NHI/FENZ

QUESTION I have been assisting a <non-client> of mine, who has held their insurance via a direct insurer. Their residential property, along with two others (either side), suffered a landslip in 2023 on their land that sloped ...

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Professional indemnity insurance for plumbers/g...

Liability/Cyber/Product Recall/Crime/Fidelity

QUESTION Could I please have some clarity around an issue that I am dealing with?  I have a plumber/gasfitter who offers design work as part of their services. The client mainly works on new build contracts and works...

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FEL on landlords' contents under residential bo...

NHI/FENZ

QUESTION Hi there, We are in discussion about whether we charge FEL on landlords' contents under a residential body corporate, when it is automatically included as a benefit in the policy wording. Under the policy wording,...

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Temporary removal

Material Damage/BI/Contract Works

QUESTION If a material damage policy states: "This Policy extends to cover any Insured Property (except stock) whilst temporarily removed within New Zealand and whilst in transit to and from that place." and...

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NHI levies on indemnity values

QUESTION We have a client with a large portfolio of individual homes, and they have opted to insure these on defined perils cover and indemnity values.   All of the houses' indemnity values exceed $300,000, so we have...

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FENZ Levy on boats

  QUESTION I have a client whose existing boat policy (insured elsewhere) is a GST-exclusive policy; therefore, the Levy has been calculated off the GST-exclusive price. Now I am obtaining some quotes, and these...

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Unoccupied spec homes & NHCover

  QUESTION We have a discussion going on about just completed spec homes, that are unoccupied. Do these qualify as a dwelling, and therefore have NHCover available to them? I can't find a specific...

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Tenants responsibility for Landlords policy exc...

Material Damage/BI/Contract Work

  QUESTION I was of the understanding that under Section 269 of the Property Law Act 2007 that tenants could NOT be held liable for the Landlord's commercial insurance policy excess. I have recently seen lease...

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