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CBL pushes on with plan for listing

CBL Insurance has appointed a new director and is understood to be forging ahead with plans to carry out a stock exchange listing this year.

Diana Clement: Top 6 life insurance mistakes Kiwis make

Diana Clement looks at the six biggest life insurance mistakes that Kiwis make.

Paul Moodie: Directors insured? Maybe not

If your company does not have a constitution, there is no ability for the company to indemnify or take out insurance to protect you.

Chch quake: Post-Cera rebuild plans revealed

Insurance cold calls tipped for NZ

Cold calling for new insurance customers - or just churning? David Chaplin investigates. Cold-calling is a legitimate, if irritating, sales technique. And insurance, as everyone knows, is sold, not bought.

Health insurance pay-outs reach $1 billion

Annual health insurance claim pay-outs have reached $1 billion for the first time.

Diana Clement: Insurance fraud high price

Insurance is a privilege. If you're caught breaching the terms and conditions of your policy, you could be blacklisted from both your present and any other insurer, writes Diana Clement.

IMF finds NZ in a good fiscal space

New Zealand is the third-luckiest country in the world, as measured by its ability to take on more public debt, writes David Chaplin.

Checkout for the final countdown

A Consumer NZ survey of life insurance premiums across 20 of New Zealand's main providers shows Countdown's package, launched last November, is the cheapest standard premium in the market.

Fire Service win legal battle against insurance brokers

The Fire Service has won its latest case in a string of legal battles against insurance brokers taking advantage of loopholes around fire levy policies.

Insurer argues against higher payouts for quake claimants

An insurer has gone to the Supreme Court to argue against a decision which could mean higher payouts for Canterbury homeowners who are yet to settle quake claims.

100 in 'drug-induced orgy' destroy home

A young Canadian couple have been left with $80,000 of damage after renting their home out on Airbnb.

Small FY net loss predicted for Tower

Tower may record small net loss in first half on quake adjustment as underlying earnings grow.

Seven rules to fix your personal finances

Setting yourself up for life financially can be done with seven easy steps.

Tower shares halted on Chch review

Biggest travel insurance claims

Room to wriggle in flight

Going away on holiday? Strategic thinking can go a long way to preventing long-haul discomfort.

Southern Cross axes 'trivial' travel claims excess

Southern Cross Travel Insurance has axed its $100 claims excess calling it a trivial amount.