FSCL Case Study
Two friends were travelling overseas in a small hatchback car when they parked outside a service station to use the bathroom. They left all their luggage in the back of the car, two daypacks in the back seat, and one man left...
FSCL Case Study
In July, a woman discovered a lump in her breast She went for a scan in August and, in September, was told that it was benign, but that it should probably be removed. She scheduled the operation for November. In October, she and he...
Feature
IAG has completed a review of its trial vehicle repair facility, Repairhub, which opened in East Tamaki, Auckland in November 2019. IAG executive general manager claims Dean MacGregor said the trial had been a success an...
Feature
About a third of New Zealand small businesses are thinking about changing their business insurance, research from insurer Vero shows. Vero has surveyed more than 600 New Zealand small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) across the...
Feature
A new insurance organisation hopes to fill a gap in the market for underwriting agents. The New Zealand Underwriting Agencies Council has been set up to cater for what it says are underwriting agents’ unique issues and...
Opinion
The Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) is calling on political parties to back volunteer and paid firefighters by funding them appropriately for their services, much like the police are funded. It follows the publication of...
Opinion
By Crossley Gates
On June 22, the Governor-General made by Order in Council the Financial Markets Conduct (Regulated Financial Advice Disclosure) Amendment Regulations 2020. They require financial advisers (including insurance brokers/advisers) to...Feature
Suncorp New Zealand reported a $2 million profit drop in the year to June. The New Zealand arm of the insurance company announced a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $259 million, down from $261 million a year earlier. The result...
Feature
Lloyd’s, the world’s insurance and reinsurance market, says there are a number of ways the insurance industry could fast-track global economic and societal recovery from the far-reaching impacts of Covid-19. These...
Humans of NZI
What started as a school project on insurance has transformed into a long-sta...
"I’ve got an inquisitive mind and I didn’t understand what insurance meant back then. That fuelled a big interest for me, as the more I read about it, I wanted to learn more." Chris...
