Bennett Richardson

Bennett Richardson

Insurance Business New Zealand

Bennett Richardson

Content Specialist

12+ years experience80,000 Total views on Insurance Business New Zealand in 2025

Bennett's specialty topics

Cyber Marine Travel

Bennett Richardson is a content specialist at Key Media, who writes sponsored features for leading B2B publications including Australian Broker, Mortgage Professional Australia, New Zealand Adviser, Insurance Business Australia, Insurance Business New Zealand, Insurance Business Asia, New Zealand Lawyer, HRD Australia, HRD New Zealand and HRD Asia.

Over his media career, he has written on derivatives and equities markets across sectors as varied as construction, food and beverage, and department stores for a real-time newswire, investigated the human rights situation in post-Escobar Colombia for the Carter Center, reported on bullfighting traditions in Okinawa for the society pages of the Wall Street Journal Asia, interviewed former kamikaze pilots for the Smithsonian, and documented the near collapse of the New Zealand tourism industry during one of the world's longest border closures. Over a decade in the global academic publishing industry further enhanced his versatility, eye for the meta-story and ability to work with clients to bring out the angle beyond the brief.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I work with clients to translate commercial priorities into written features that deliver editorially and engage the target audience.”

Also published by

Wall Street Journal Asia · Christian Science Monitor · USA Today · Seattle Times · Washington Times · South China Morning Post · New Zealand Herald · Canberra Times

Featured content from Bennett

Specialist mobile plant, superior protection Why claims response matters in cyber From high-stakes evacuations to lost luggage with Allianz Partners

Previous experience

  • Tourism Ticker — Journalist
  • Carter Center — Feature Writer
  • Freelance — Correspondent
  • Dow Jones Newswires — Copyeditor

Education

  • MA (International Relations), Waseda University
  • BA (History), University of Otago
  • LLB (Law), University of Otago

Read the latest stories by Bennett

Advisers step up as health pressures mount

Advisers step up as health pressures mount

nib's Amanda Savill on how advisers can guide clients through rising claims and health system strain

A flexible, new approach to travel insurance

A flexible, new approach to travel insurance

Not sure about travel activities? Cover-More's latest offering lets you change plans easily

A Delta force for a sustainable motor future

A Delta force for a sustainable motor future

Delta has a team firing on all cylinders as it vies for a piece of the commercial motor action at a broker near you

Delta NZ sets new standard for commercial motor

Delta NZ sets new standard for commercial motor

"We are targeting where we think we can add the most value to the market."

Can AI save insurers from supply chain woes?

Can AI save insurers from supply chain woes?

New Gallagher Bassett insight shows that the answer is ‘yes’ partly due to better claims processing

An accelerated response to climate change risk

An accelerated response to climate change risk

Gallagher Bassett understands that the arena has changed for insuring climate-related risk in NZ

Realising the full potential of women in insurance

Realising the full potential of women in insurance

FMG head of claims on encouraging confidence and creating opportunities to help women thrive

Strong female leadership driving progress

Strong female leadership driving progress

"Women have taken a significant leadership role in driving change"

IB TALK

Why brokers can't ignore environmental risk anymore

How brokers can protect themselves and clients as environmental exposures reshape the risk landscape

Underwriters under the microscope

Do they really deliver on speed, flexibility and claims service?

Water risks: Closing coverage blind spots for manufacturing and agriculture

A broker playbook for identifying water exposures

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