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KPMG baffled by National’s pledge to ditch financial services conduct law

The law is meant to regulate banks and insurers over how they treat customers.

Why travel insurance may not cover your lost phone or misplaced wallet

Think travel insurance has your forgetfulness covered? Think again.

'It was terrifying': Woman's year-long battle for payout after landslide

A woman whose house was damaged by a landslide is still waiting for her insurance payout.

Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurance claims surpass $1 billion in Hawke’s Bay

About 84 per cent of contents claims have been paid.

Chateau Tongariro’s tangled web of cost traps taxpayers

What, we must ask ourselves, is the grande dame worth?

Car insurance customers warned to be aware of sudden value drops

Problems with car insurance are the number one complaint received in the past year.

Tourist sues Southern Cross for $105k after requiring heart bypass surgery in NZ

It’s all over a policy he bought to cover him for three months.

Skiing, scuba diving, rafting or rockclimbing: What your travel insurance may not cover

Travellers have faced gigantic medical bills after realising they weren't covered.

Insurer loses multi-million dollar legal stoush over leaky building clause in policy

Napier City Council will go back to High Court in pursuit of $4.4 million.

Who pays for Kiri Allan's car crash? Why she shouldn't count on insurance

It is not clear if insurance will cover the crash, given Allan's breath alcohol level.

Flood-hit homeowners urged to ensure all repairs included in insurance payouts

A homeowner says the scope of works from her insurer underestimates the work needed.

Ditching our dining room tables to 'work from work'

Workers buzzing up and down in their lifts in greater numbers as Covid fears recede.

Owners who altered fire-damaged property ordered to pay $72k

Tower Insurance found that the tenants had altered the property.

Ram raid insurance claims climb 400pc in three years

Data shows a 26% increase alone in insurance claims for commercial crime.

Three years to resolve? Nats say demand on assessors dragging out cyclone insurance claims

Just 399 of 3075 claims have been settled, with National saying Australian help is needed.

Richlister building new waterfront home at $17.5m Herne Bay property

The home he once owned across the street he sold to marina owners Simon and Paula Herbert.