Climate change

'You are storing up this cost for future generations': Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub says Aotearoa is at a crunch point when it comes to insurance and managing risk

'You are storing up this cost for future generations': Simplicity chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub says Aotearoa is at a crunch point when it comes to insurance and managing risk

Insurance affordability and availability could be threatened by slowness adapting, and investing in resilience, Labour leader Chris Hipkins says

Insurance affordability and availability could be threatened by slowness adapting, and investing in resilience, Labour leader Chris Hipkins says

Nicola Willis says Insurance Council levy proposal to help with natural hazard risk reduction not necessary if a prudent government is investing in infrastructure

Nicola Willis says Insurance Council levy proposal to help with natural hazard risk reduction not necessary if a prudent government is investing in infrastructure

Insurance Council wants Fire and Emergency Levy replaced by ‘Community Protection Levy’, saying current levy ‘no longer well suited to the risks NZ faces’

Insurance Council wants Fire and Emergency Levy replaced by ‘Community Protection Levy’, saying current levy ‘no longer well suited to the risks NZ faces’

Andrew King says scientists have scrapped the worst‑case climate scenario because action is making a difference

Andrew King says scientists have scrapped the worst‑case climate scenario because action is making a difference

Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules

Climate risk is changing where investors put their money – even as NZ relaxes disclosure rules

Government to amend climate change law because court claims are 'creating uncertainty in business confidence and investment.' Greens slam move

Government to amend climate change law because court claims are 'creating uncertainty in business confidence and investment.' Greens slam move

Climate Change Commission says infrastructure, nature and bioeconomy, funding and community wellbeing are areas of significant risk as it releases 2026 National Climate Change Risk Assessment

Climate Change Commission says infrastructure, nature and bioeconomy, funding and community wellbeing are areas of significant risk as it releases 2026 National Climate Change Risk Assessment

Reserve Bank says it wants banks to have a much broader sense of insurance coverage across their loan portfolio as emerging insurance pressures ‘indicate financial stability risks may increase’

Reserve Bank says it wants banks to have a much broader sense of insurance coverage across their loan portfolio as emerging insurance pressures ‘indicate financial stability risks may increase’

Financial stability and insurance: 'Concerns over affordability, climate change, and dependence on global reinsurance mean the situation could change quickly and warrants monitoring,' the Reserve Bank says

Financial stability and insurance: 'Concerns over affordability, climate change, and dependence on global reinsurance mean the situation could change quickly and warrants monitoring,' the Reserve Bank says

‘Storms a near-weekly occurrence’: IAG NZ chief executive Phil Gibson says, with a 256% annual increase in storm-related insurance claims

‘Storms a near-weekly occurrence’: IAG NZ chief executive Phil Gibson says, with a 256% annual increase in storm-related insurance claims

Insurance Council of New Zealand says insights from global reinsurers reinforce message that 'catastrophe risk is increasing in scale and complexity' as it renews call for faster action to keep insurance accessible, protect communities

Insurance Council of New Zealand says insights from global reinsurers reinforce message that 'catastrophe risk is increasing in scale and complexity' as it renews call for faster action to keep insurance accessible, protect communities

Hearing underway at Wellington High Court as climate advocacy groups challenge Climate Change Minister Simon Watts and the Government’s emissions reduction plan

Hearing underway at Wellington High Court as climate advocacy groups challenge Climate Change Minister Simon Watts and the Government’s emissions reduction plan

After a summer of weather disasters, will Kiwis make climate an election issue?

After a summer of weather disasters, will Kiwis make climate an election issue?

Outgoing Tower chairman Michael Stiassny says NZ has had ‘multiple wake up calls’ and while some progress has been made to address the impacts of extreme weather events, ‘it has been haphazard, inadequate and painfully slow'

Outgoing Tower chairman Michael Stiassny says NZ has had ‘multiple wake up calls’ and while some progress has been made to address the impacts of extreme weather events, ‘it has been haphazard, inadequate and painfully slow'