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Insurance news

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NZ banks to avoid 'too big to fail' demands

20 Jun 13, 5:02pm, Gareth Vaughan
 Reserve Bank says NZ's big 4 banks don't need to hold more capital than other banks despite their 'too big to fail' status

A perfect storm

13 Jun 13, 11:06am, Guest
John Chaplin says repairing quake-damaged homes has the potential to lead to a disaster similar to the leaky homes debacle

Amanda's Take Five for Wednesday

12 Jun 13, 12:34pm, Amanda Morrall
Breathing your way through financial problems; Relationship breakdown; High cost kids and retirement drag; Game changing taxation rules on foreign supers; KiwiSaver Q&A

RBNZ tells insurers to pull socks up

11 Jun 13, 4:06pm, Gareth Vaughan
Reserve Bank says it's moving to a 'more stringent' approach on rule breaches by insurers; Warns of potential for fines

Quake claimants win in court

22 May 13, 9:48am, Andrew Hooker
As quake claim desperation sets in, recent Court decisions are favouring claimants. Andrew Hooker says insurers should follow the law

New insurance basis

01 May 13, 4:31pm, Guest
Graham Matthews says recent and significant changes in house insurance will have a big impact on homeowners

'We couldn't be happier' - ANZ CEO

01 May 13, 5:04pm, Gareth Vaughan
ANZ NZ expanding geographical reach of branch foot-print and targeting cross-selling after National Bank 'merger' beds in

'Why RBNZ & PM are wrong on deposit insurance'

19 Apr 13, 8:34pm, Gareth Vaughan
PM John Key and the Reserve Bank are wrong in their opposition to deposit insurance, says NZ-based advisor to international deposit insurers' body

'Largest payout in NZ history'

12 Apr 13, 3:19pm, David Hargreaves
Insurers pay out NZ$320 million to Housing New Zealand for earthquake damaged homes in Canterbury - NZ$110 million less than was claimed

Kiwibank's Christchurch insurance offer

10 Apr 13, 5:02pm, Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank 'facilitating applications' for insurance from Tower for Christchurch property owners wanting to build new homes in areas zoned Technical Category 3

Demand surge - what you need to know

05 Apr 13, 12:31pm, Andrew Hooker
Before you settle a quake claim, make sure your insurer has included enough for the costs of 'demand surge' says Andrew Hooker. Your experience?

Amanda's Take Five for Friday

29 Mar 13, 9:28am, Amanda Morrall
Calculating your insurance needs; The perils of working from home; Expenditure cascades; Saving 50% of your take-home;  Help me celebrate

Greens call for deposit insurance scheme

Updated 19 Mar 13, 11:11am, Gareth Vaughan
Green Party's Russel Norman hits out at Government's 'Cyprus style' bank failure solution, pushes Aussie style deposit guarantee scheme instead

Do we need macro-prudential tools?

06 Mar 13, 8:32pm, Gareth Vaughan
NZ Bankers' Association says RBNZ wouldn't need macro-prudential tools right now even if it had 'em; Talks of 'pressure coming from elsewhere'

A focus on process improvement

25 Feb 13, 10:17am, Andrew Patterson
Andrew Patterson discovers Konnect Net, a growth company with the business of delivering process improvements for clients

Stalled insurance reforms

25 Feb 13, 9:22am, Andrew Hooker
Andrew Hooker calls on the Government to pass the Law Commission's recommended changes for how insurance disclosure works, limiting the insurers' privileged position. Your view?

Amanda's Take Five for Monday

18 Feb 13, 8:26am, Amanda Morrall
$650 billion under insurance gap; Finance the world you want; The anti-Jones; Late savings bloomers; It's a family affair

Indemnity value - what does it mean?

12 Feb 13, 8:32am, Andrew Hooker
Andrew Hooker reveals what the Courts have ruled on how indemnity and replacements provisions must be handled by insurance companies. How have insurers treated you?

Bank outsourcing rules for insurers?

30 Jan 13, 3:23pm, Gareth Vaughan
Should the RBNZ enforce banking sector type standalone capability on NZ's big Australian owned insurers?

Kiwibank's insurance earnings rise

18 Jan 13, 3:09pm, Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank's insurer posts 38% rise in annual profit as push into life insurance gets underway

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