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Question: My client had a vehicle he imported transported to his premises by a transport company. The vehicle arrived damaged (scratch on bodywork) and he has made a claim against the transport company (The Company) who have...
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In a recent complaint to the IFSO Scheme, Sai* was seriously injured in a car accident, and suffered more pain when his claim payment was $12,000 less than he expected. Sai and his partner were seriously injured in the accident, and his...
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Lucinda* was driving her BMW by a lake when she was caught up in flash floods. Water splashed up into the engine bay and into the computer systems at the rear of the car. After getting the car towed home, she asked her insurance...
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New Zealand’s car repair industry could lose up to 15% of its revenue to offshore-owned rivals, an industry trade body has claimed. It comes as insurers under Australian-owned IAG (AMI, State, NZI and Lumley), rapidly...
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Garry Taylor, executive general manager at NZI, reveals how businesses can mi...
If you’ve been following the news, you’ll know that ram raid attacks have left a path of destruction across Auckland in recent months. Multiple targets have been hit, with offenders becoming more and more brazen...Feature
Oliver Jepson, National motor manager, NZI
The first breakthrough in car safety came in 1934 when General Motors performed a crash test for the very first time on a 1929 Chevrolet. Since then, the transport industry has (thankfully) come a long way when it comes to...FSCL Case Study
A business owner runs an aviation engineering business and needed a rare engine part for a helicopter he was working on. He found and purchased the part from a USA supplier. The person transferred $28,000 into the supplier’s...
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QUESTION: Policy exclusion: "This policy does not insure loss to or liability arising from any insured vehicle while it is being driven by any person who is under the influence of any intoxicating substance or drug."...
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QUESTION: The client had a mutual agreement to swap his vehicle for another vehicle with a third party. However, a disagreement broke out, and our client’s vehicle was taken with the keys and was left with no vehicle....
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QUESTION: Our client had taken out PMV policy and it was named driver only comprehensive policy. Named driver is under 25. Driver's uncle was driving the car who caused the accident. He is over 25 and has no previous...
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Revolutionary technology from global risk management innovator, eDriving, has forever changed the way driving is measured, reported and improved. MENTOR by eDriving is a state-of-the-art digital driver risk management app that uses...
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QUESTION: A client lives in an upmarket suburb and their house is up a long driveway some 80m+ long and not visible from the street front. Our client was having a number of guests around and as a result left his keys in his...
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QUESTION: A commercial client of mine has a Vehicle Fleet with approx 20 vehicles insured. In December 2020, one of their staff was driving home on a Friday evening, having stopped at a friends house for dinner and a few...
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The insured bought his first car from a motor vehicle dealer for $8500. The dealer, acting as a agent for the lender, arranged the loan and included both mechanical breakdown insurance and guaranteed asset protection insurance without...
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The Insurance Council of New Zealand and its members have recently been made aware of a car part supplier allegedly misrepresenting car parts as genuine to New Zealand repairers. “We understand that since late last year...
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