Insurance Competition Heats Up As Tower Partners With Open To Launch Disruptive Car And Home Insurance
Open is teaming up with Tower Insurance to launch Huddle, bringing simple, personalised, digital-first insurance to New Zealand. Open has...
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Data Partnership Set To Improve The Insurance Sector
Together they will leverage data and digital resources to improve the sector for customers. “By working together,” Tower’s Chief Executive...
This Week’s Top 5 New Zealand Law Jobs – From Intelligence Service to Postal Privacy and More
Among this week's top 5 law roles on the growing LawFuel law jobs network are two with the Security Intelligence...
Cost of stolen e-bike insurance claims almost doubles in a year
More than $1 million of bikes have been stolen across New Zealand in the past year, with electric bike insurance...
Indian Grandfather Visiting Family in New Zealand Slapped with $64,000 Medical Bill after Heart Attack
The family is now living hand to mouth and fears losing their house if they do not pay $64,000 within...
FMA settlement: Life insurance company AIA faces $700,000 fine for misleading customers
Insurance company AIA is facing a penalty of $700,000 after admitting it made false or misleading representations to customers. (FMA)...
Social insurance scheme needs to cover all New Zealanders – economist
A Canadian economist says a pay-as-you-go insurance scheme does provide a safety net for those who lose their jobs, but...
UPDATE 2-Westpac to sell New Zealand life insurance arm for $281 mln
Westpac Banking Corp will sell its New Zealand life insurance business to Fidelity Life for NZ$400 million ($280.84 million), the...
New Zealand activates temporary accommodation over West Coast flooding
The New Zealand government activated the Temporary Accommodation Service (TAS) on Wednesday, allowing residents on the West Coast of the...
Insurance Customers Receive $43.8m To Recover From Canterbury Floods
Insurance customers through the Canterbury region lodged 3,538 claims costing over $43.8million for insured losses following the 29 May -...