Unemployment Insurance?
The government's latest scheme is a form of government unemployment insurance. Interestingly, both the anti-poverty groups and the neoliberal New...
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Some questions about income insurance
Susan St John responds to the newly-announced income insurance scheme with some suggestions on how to tweak and improve what we already...
ACC already recruiting head for Income Insurance Scheme
The public is also being asked the more fundamental question of whether they agree New Zealand should introduce an income...
Floods and fires push up claims for parent of Vero, AA Insurance
High natural hazard claims, rising costs due to supply chain constraints and low investment returns has dragged down the profits...
Unemployment insurance: The rorts to come
Dr Eric Crampton is chief economist with The New Zealand Initiative. OPINION: A dark part of me hopes the government’s...
Federated Farmers slams Government’s unemployment insurance scheme
The Government's proposed New Zealand Income Insurance Scheme (NZIIS) will be "hugely expansive and expensive" Federated Farmers says. Under the...
Income insurance will prove one of the Government’s toughest sells
It also said such “skills mismatches” were more common in New Zealand than in most OECD countries. “A potential benefit...
Government proposes ACC-style income insurance scheme for New Zealand
The Government's proposed income insurance scheme would see workers made redundant, laid off or who have to stop working because...
Revealed: The top 10 New Zealand suburbs you are most likely to crash your car
New Zealand's top 10 car-crash suburbs have been revealed, with Auckland central, Christchurch central and the West Auckland suburb of...
Data reveals the top ten areas for collisions in New Zealand
New data from State Insurance highlights which areas in New Zealand recorded the most collisions over a 12-month period.