New Zealand

The Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) has recorded more than 40,000 claims for Cyclone Gabrielle totalling approximately $890 million, of which

WELLINGTON, 6 March 2023 – Cigna New Zealand (NZ) has changed its name to Chubb Life Insurance New Zealand Limited (Chubb Life NZ) and from today will be operating under the Chu...

New Zealand's state-owned residential property disaster insurance entity, Toka Tū Ake EQC (formerly known as the Earthquake Commission), does not expect

Australian insurance giant IAG has revealed that it anticipates at least a $114 million reinsurance recovery to help it pay claims from the recent severe

Australian insurance giants Suncorp and IAG have both warned of impending losses from the severe flooding that has affected the Auckland area of New

Major insurers operating in New Zealand including Insurance Australia Group and Suncorp Group have cumulatively received over 9,000 claims so far

Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced it has increased its shareholding to 100% in AlphaXO Risk Partners, an Australian specialty insurance

Young people in particular are more likely to buy travel insurance now than in 2019

Farmgate is an access control system for rural properties.

CUG Insurance has formed a long-term distribution partnership with ANZ to provide insurance solutions to the bank’s customers.

International insurance intermediary Howden has announced the acquisition of the personal injury operations of Gallagher Bassett New Zealand.

The latest addition to the suite of Vitae calculators will allow underwriters new insights into mental health risks.

P&C solutions provider Duck Creek Technologies has announced the international expansion of Duck Creek Producer – a platform for enhancing the

It’s not just about Covid-19 for travel insurers in New Zealand, with Southern Cross seeing more ‘business as usual’ claims

New Zealand-based insurer Tower has struck two alliances, one with real estate group Ray White and the other with Kiwi Adviser Network (KAN).

Hillridge Technology Pty Ltd, an Australian software technology company that aims to help users address the climate protection gap through parametric

Australian primary insurance giant Suncorp reported its fiscal year 2022 results to June 30th this morning, revealing that its natural hazard losses ran

Specialist re/insurance intermediary BMS Group has announced the acquisition of specialist reinsurance broker Calomex by BMS Re.

ANZ is acquiring Suncorp Bank from Suncorp Group.

JAVLN’s leadership and development team will continue to be based in its new premises in Grey Lynn, Auckland.

Chubb has appointed Amy McKellar and Michelle O’Dowd as the new joint leadership team for its Australia and New Zealand (A&NZ) Consumer Division

SYDNEY, 13 July 2022 – Chubb today announced joint leadership of Chubb's Consumer Division, Australia & New Zealand (A&NZ). Amy McKellar, currently Consumer Manager for A&NZ, ha...

André is responsible for the strategy and execution of direct venture and fund investment, in addition to establishing partnerships in the reinsurance business space that genera...

International insurance broker Howden has announced the acquisition of Wallace McLean to bolster operations New Zealand.

Chubb Life today announced that Gail Costa will lead the company's life insurance operations in New Zealand that were recently acquired from Cigna. Ms. Costa, who is currently C...

The workers’ compensation insurer will leverage Guidewire Cloud to increase business agility and deliver more value to customers.

Partners Life migrated their group insurance administration from a third-party administrator (TPA) onto the Sentro cloud platform and will administer their group insurance busin...

Duck Creek Hollard Insurance Selects Duck Creek OnDemand to Enable and Optimize Its Business Transformation. We are a leading provider of comprehensive P&C insurance software an...

By deploying InsuranceSuite on Guidewire Cloud, the company was able to accomplish the project ahead of schedule and on budget.

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Tower Insurance is a finalist in 2021 ANZIIF New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards

UK-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker BMS has opened a new unit in New Zealand called BMS Risk Solutions.

Zurich’s SME product is offered through insurance brokers only and will be rolled out in the first instance to Steadfast, NZ brokers, and Insurance Advisernet before launching t...

UK’s BIBA has joined forced with Coverdrone to launch new insurance scheme for commercial and recreational drones’ operators.

Australian insurance broker AUB Group has agreed to acquire London-based Lloyd’s wholesale insurer broker Tysers.

4 hours ago ... FRISS, a fraud, risk and compliance solution for P&C insurers, has acquired Polonious Insurance Investigations. Polonious has been providing case management ...

With the acquisition, FRISS welcomes the 40 current Polonious insurance industry customers in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to the FRISS family. 

IAG is the first company to invest in Plnar outside the USA, bringing the technology to Australia and New Zealand for the first time for IAG’s customers.

Total weather-related insurance costs in New Zealand have hit a record high in 2021 at NZ$304.9 million, beating the previous record, set in 2020, of $274 million

To celebrate the launch, Tower is offering customers one free month.

New Zealand insurer nib has resumed travel insurance sales to Australian and New Zealand residents after securing a new underwriting partner 

Aioi Nissay Dowa Management New Zealand (NZ) and Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) today announced that Aioi Nissay Dowa Management NZ has subscribed to InsuranceSuite on Guidewire Cloud t...

Tower partners with Dutch AI-based solution FRISS to automate and accelerate claims processTower is set to further automate the process of detecting

Over 2020 and into 2021, trip cancellation remains the main reason for people claiming on their travel insurance policy

Travel and health insurer nib announced that international sales are unaffected, and the pause in sales to Australian and Kiwi residents will not have a material financial impac...

The list of most expensive domestic claims from New Zealand’s leading travel insurer is a reminder that the best time to purchase travel insurance is as soon as a trip is booked

Are you thinking about renting an RV to hit the roads? While this sounds like a fun adventure, there are some things you need to consider first. Should

Will the post-COVID recovery follow the shape of a V, U, W, or square-root symbol? It all depends on the insurance.

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