Mav Rodriguez

Mav Rodriguez

Insurance Business New Zealand

Mav Rodriguez

freelance news writer

10 years experience5,097 Total views on Insurance Business New Zealand in 2025

Mav's specialty topics

regulation & compliance insurtech & AI market shifts & pricing executive moves

Mav Rodriguez is the pen name of a freelance news writer at Key Media, where she reports on insurance, mortgage, finance, and business developments.

Her coverage spans executive moves, market shifts, regulatory developments, industry reports, and company announcements across global financial services. She brings a strong background in research, editorial judgment, and SEO, producing clear and useful stories for specialist audiences.

Before focusing on trade journalism, Mav wrote across news and culture, guided by a longstanding interest in helping readers understand the issues that affect them. That focus on informing readers remains central to her work.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Good insurance journalism is about showing how individual developments fit into the bigger shifts happening across the market. That requires judgment—not just getting the facts right, but also knowing when a detail is significant and when it is simply noise. The goal is to help readers understand what is changing and, more importantly, what deserves their attention”

Awards and recognition

  • Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts in Nonfiction
  • Raul Locsin Award for Student Journalism

Also published by

When in Manila · Rappler · Philippine Daily Inquirer · Wealth Professional Canada · Insurance Business · The Educator

Featured content from Mav

Geopolitical risk climbs D&O boardroom agenda A murder acquittal didn't save his life insurance claim - civil courts use a lower bar | Insurance Business M Scammers are borrowing the NCSC's name - and cyber policies don't all respond the same way

Previous experience

  • Key Media — global news writer
  • Ateneo de Manila University — writing assistant
  • Rappler — news and investigative intern

Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Creative Writing (Nonfiction), Ateneo de Manila University

Read the latest stories by Mav

Tower chief calls for new funding model to relocate climate-risk homes
Tower CEO Johnston says relocation funding should generate returns, not just assign costs - and his insurer is already pricing individual properties by hazard
Tower chief calls for new funding model to relocate climate-risk homes
Weather claims surge past $500m at Vero and IAG despite soft insurance market
More than 60% of brokers report difficulty placing natural hazard cover
Weather claims surge past $500m at Vero and IAG despite soft insurance market
Asbestos dumped at closed NZ campground points to a cover gap
Standard property and public policies may leave vacant site owners facing remediation costs when hazardous materials arrive uninvited
Asbestos dumped at closed NZ campground points to a cover gap
WorkSafe prohibits Ferris wheel after two teenagers fall at AgFest West Coast
The incident highlights a gap brokers need to address with event clients before the next show
WorkSafe prohibits Ferris wheel after two teenagers fall at AgFest West Coast
Data centre losses could cross policies and portfolios, Asia-Pacific insurers warn
Shared power, contractors and networks make it harder to trace a loss, complicating BI cover and accumulation modelling
Data centre losses could cross policies and portfolios, Asia-Pacific insurers warn
Record El Niño raises NZ wildfire and storm risks
Event reaches historic territory months before its peak
Record El Niño raises NZ wildfire and storm risks
Half of NZ government bodies lack top email protection
Fraud may fall outside standard cyber policies
Half of NZ government bodies lack top email protection
Airline insurers turn more selective ahead of Q4 renewals
Risk severity and fleet concentration risk shape where capacity lands at Q4 renewals
Airline insurers turn more selective ahead of Q4 renewals
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