Motor & Fleet

Claims service outranks cost as top NZ car insurance driver
Only 28% of insured drivers shop around at renewal, even as insurers compete on excess reductions and claims quality
By Roxanne Libatique 22 Oct 2026
Claims service outranks cost as top NZ car insurance driver
Labour's dealer add-on crackdown follows warnings the FMA has already issued
Insurers relying on intermediaries to distribute add-on products carry conduct risk their own monitoring systems are not consistently catching
By Roxanne Libatique 02 Oct 2026
Labour's dealer add-on crackdown follows warnings the FMA has already issued
Electric vehicle repair capacity is the new fleet risk question
Electrification is arriving through passenger vehicles while commercial registrations fall, splitting the exposure inside a single fleet
By Daniel Wood 30 Sep 2026
Electric vehicle repair capacity is the new fleet risk question
Prestige motor specialist MB Insurance opens to NZ brokers
Lloyd's-backed underwriter brings agreed value cover and an automated quoting platform to the local high value vehicle market
By Daniel Wood 15 Sep 2026
Prestige motor specialist MB Insurance opens to NZ brokers
AA Insurance's new ad reflects real crash data
New Zealand's 16-to-24-year-olds make up 14% of drivers but are involved in 37% of fatal crashes. AA Insurance built a campaign around that gap. So should brokers
By Camille Joyce Lisay 26 Aug 2026
AA Insurance's new ad reflects real crash data
WTW flags structural shift beneath general aviation insurance soft market
New MGAs, expanding facilities, and unreliable long-term agreements are adding complexity beneath the rate reductions
By Mark Rosanes 25 Aug 2026
WTW flags structural shift beneath general aviation insurance soft market

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