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EQC's wall of land claim confusion

24 May 12, 8:49am, Janine Starks
Janine Starks on the colour-coded land claim nightmare that is Christchurch. Your experience?

Kiwis scaling back on private health insurance

23 May 12, 10:42am, BusinessDesk
Kiwis’ uptake of private health insurance falls to 6-year low, lags behind OECD

What would Wellington do?

11 Apr 12, 3:21pm, Janine Starks
Janine Starks looks at liquefaction risk and rebuild prospects and insurance what ifs in the event of a quake in the capital. Your view?

'Unusual fund transfers' identified

11 Apr 12, 12:43pm, BusinessDesk
Herbert Insurance liquidators probe indicates ‘breaches of legislation’

Ready for rebuild but have to wait

11 Apr 12, 9:22am, Alex Tarrant
Christchurch timber house building firm ready for the city's rebuild, but facing insurance payout, regulation and subdivision delays

RBNZ approves AMI sale to IAG

Updated 05 Apr 12, 11:31am, Alex Tarrant
RBNZ rubber stamps IAG's purchase of AMI's good book, removing final roadblock to IAG controlling 60% of NZ home & car insurance markets

Quake impacts show through

02 Apr 12, 12:45pm, BusinessDesk
Retail sales turn-around boosts Kiwi Income Property Trust's property portfolio; Eyes quake effects

Christchurch quake 3rd most costly

29 Mar 12, 11:12am, BusinessDesk
Christchurch’s Feb. 22, 2011 quake was third-most expensive disaster in history: Swiss Re

New temporary quake village

23 Mar 12, 10:21am, Alex Tarrant
Earthquake Minister Brownlee announces new temporary village for quake-affected residents; 20 units now plus 43 to come

Red-zone debate gets personal

22 Mar 12, 2:10pm, Alex Tarrant
Debate over govt red-zone offer gets personal as quake recovery Minister Brownlee & Christchurch Labour MP Dalziel clash over Dalziel's position

RBNZ chairman Grimes reappointed

09 Mar 12, 11:20am, Gareth Vaughan
Govt reappoints RBNZ chairman Arthur Grimes to help oversee appointment of Bollard's successor; Names board for AMI earthquake liability company

What are your goals?

01 Mar 12, 10:13am, Sheryl Sutherland
In part two of "What's your plan?" financial advisor Sheryl Sutherland looks at the importance of goal setting and how to go about it in a pragmatic fashion.

'Here's 60% of the market for you'

Updated 01 Mar 12, 10:13am, Alex Tarrant
ComCom clears IAG bid for AMI, giving it about 60% of home & car insurance markets; Still waiting on RBNZ approval; Interest .co.nz readers share premium hikes

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

Updated 29 Feb 12, 7:53am, Bernard Hickey
US economic data mixed as consumer confidence up, but house prices and factory orders down; Markets await ECB lolly scramble tonight; QBE CEO to go

Knowles joins Partners Life board

28 Feb 12, 12:32pm, Bernard Hickey
Ex-Kiwibank CEO Sam Knowles joins board of life insurer Partners Life, which was created by Sovereign's founders; Doesn't expect to lock horns with Kiwibank

WCC eyes options for quake strengthening

28 Feb 12, 3:06pm, Alex Tarrant
Wellington Council eyes help for building owners to pay for quake strengthening; Could waive rates or ask for costs to be tax deductible; Banks keen on being paid via rates

Kiwibank targets the 'under insured'

24 Feb 12, 3:04pm, Gareth Vaughan
Near fourfold rise in Kiwibank's December quarter profit as CEO Paul Brock plots life insurance push and eyes need for more capital to fund growth

Have you been bitten by a financial vampire?

16 Feb 12, 1:45pm, Amanda Morrall
Personal finance editor Amanda Morrall exposes financial vampires in our midst, asks for your stories for publication

'No plans to hike floating mortgage rates'

Updated 16 Feb 12, 2:59pm, Gareth Vaughan
An out of cycle hike to floating mortgage rates 'not on our horizon', says ASB boss Barbara Chapman

A colour-coded nightmare in Christchurch

15 Feb 12, 8:06am, Janine Starks
Janine Starks looks at the various shades of grey in a green-blue zoning conundrum and sees nothing but red-tape and trouble.

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