Site Map for August 2026
Date
Title
31 Aug 2026
RBNZ named an AI model as a financial stability risk. Top regulator says they are all pretty scary
29 Aug 2026
Community housing risk: why wraparound support wins terms
29 Aug 2026
NZ flood event lands where soft market conditions are thinnest
28 Aug 2026
Insurance moves: MAS, Tower, FMG
28 Aug 2026
HDI International has given a strategist the CFO chair
28 Aug 2026
Nepal claims need no disaster upgrade, says Allianz Partners
28 Aug 2026
Brokers are collecting the FENZ levy - and carrying the risk
28 Aug 2026
Alpine storm closes Milford road - does your client’s BI respond?
27 Aug 2026
Nepal flood was triggered by a glacier, not an earthquake. For brokers, the cause is the question
27 Aug 2026
Guy Carpenter appoints new Pacific CEO for reinsurance broking
27 Aug 2026
Chubb names Jon Longmore as New Zealand country president
27 Aug 2026
Five New Zealanders reported missing in Nepal flood as cover questions bite
27 Aug 2026
Cyber cover is more accessible than brokers assume
27 Aug 2026
What are the top emerging risks for businesses today?
27 Aug 2026
FMG’s toughest claims year in 121 years puts rural pricing in focus
27 Aug 2026
WTW bets on integrated model as New Zealand employer benefits market tightens
27 Aug 2026
Nepal flood leaves hundreds missing and tests travel cover limits
26 Aug 2026
Steadfast lifts profit as broker network heads for new ownership
26 Aug 2026
Broker results week: write-downs, buyouts and an empty chair
26 Aug 2026
Why standard insurance doesn't fit whenua Māori - FMA
26 Aug 2026
A tourist's family is still owed $183,200 - showing what liability cover is for
26 Aug 2026
AA Insurance's new ad reflects real crash data
25 Aug 2026
HDI Global targets lead market position in fine art and specie
25 Aug 2026
Freight's green switch is creating a claims gap for brokers
25 Aug 2026
AUB Group lifts underlying profit 12% as broker results week opens
25 Aug 2026
Canterbury wildfires: multiple blazes active as strong winds hamper firefighting
25 Aug 2026
NZ social media ban puts tech insurance cover under pressure
25 Aug 2026
WTW flags structural shift beneath general aviation insurance soft market
22 Aug 2026
FMA's add-on insurance review lands as commission scrutiny widens
22 Aug 2026
Kiwis back public-private health teamwork - can insurers keep pace with the cost?
21 Aug 2026
Record El Niño arrives as reinsurance pricing hits cycle lows
21 Aug 2026
Why global insurers are rebuilding their life insurance books
21 Aug 2026
Firefighters' income cover shrinks after claims outpace premiums
21 Aug 2026
Former JLT chief steps in as Marsh NZ names interim leader
20 Aug 2026
Cadillac F1 owner denies sale talk as insurance probe widens
20 Aug 2026
The best commercial market in years - and brokers still can't show clients a proper comparison
20 Aug 2026
Inside the format ANZIIF built to avoid another panel-heavy conference
20 Aug 2026
The travel insurance disclosure conversation brokers aren’t having
20 Aug 2026
Tech training can exacerbate employee burnout: Canadian study
20 Aug 2026
Classroom simulation exposes what the adult market already knows
19 Aug 2026
Gallagher Re creates digital risk unit as AI reshapes accumulation
19 Aug 2026
HDI Global Australia hits 230 international programmes with new Seoul office
19 Aug 2026
Soft market pain has crossed the Tasman and it's tricky right now
19 Aug 2026
NZ brokers grapple with clients too busy to prioritise cover
19 Aug 2026
New Zealand's housing slump is creating an underinsurance trap brokers need to close
19 Aug 2026
NZ health insurance lapses are becoming a broker problem
19 Aug 2026
NZ building code in the spotlight as Australia weighs radical overhaul
19 Aug 2026
Cash flow squeeze persists across Asia-Pacific, new Aon benchmarking shows
18 Aug 2026
Aon CFO departs as broker reaffirms 2026 guidance
18 Aug 2026
Fire and emergency levy must go, say NZ's three insurance peak bodies
18 Aug 2026
NZ cyber guidance lands just as cheap cover gets cheaper
18 Aug 2026
New Zealand broker's pitch being outsourced to AI
18 Aug 2026
Chubb Life's Life Lens is game-changing for advisers
17 Aug 2026
Moody's pushes for near-term framework to translate climate risk into credit terms
17 Aug 2026
Talanx posts huge H1 profit as HDI pushes ahead with locally led NZ strategy
17 Aug 2026
Auckland Expo gives brokers more room to engage underwriting agencies
17 Aug 2026
Tower's first parametric payout reaches Fijian families
17 Aug 2026
Lockton names new head of Pacific risk consulting
14 Aug 2026
QBE posts $1.03 billion adjusted profit, ROE at 17.7%
14 Aug 2026
A sanctioned Russian insurer has quietly emerged behind the salvage of the tanker rotting off Oman
14 Aug 2026
New levy lands on a market already carrying a substantial cost burden
14 Aug 2026
The cyber exclusion clause your NZ clients probably don’t know about
13 Aug 2026
Marsh names Chetna Gulati-Kapoor global chief claims officer
13 Aug 2026
IAG New Zealand profit falls as commercial GWP declines for NZI
13 Aug 2026
CUSMA breakdown could cost Canada over 100,000 jobs: report
13 Aug 2026
Lithium-ion battery risk keeps marine insurance brokers alert
13 Aug 2026
Spotlight New Zealand's best underwriting agencies in 2026
13 Aug 2026
Ransom paid, data still lost – and brokers are asking the wrong question
12 Aug 2026
Group insurance FBT proposal faces documented government opposition
12 Aug 2026
Asia-Pacific data centre growth is outrunning its insurance cover
12 Aug 2026
Suncorp profit falls 40% as it reshuffles top team
12 Aug 2026
The broker case for acting before Auckland’s rain watch becomes a warning
12 Aug 2026
RBNZ opens consultation on prudential levy as insurer pressures mount
12 Aug 2026
Intact premises, no access – and possibly no BI cover
11 Aug 2026
Six-year-low catastrophe losses aren't the reassurance they look like
11 Aug 2026
Appeals court keeps Meta, Google and TikTok on the hook over young users
11 Aug 2026
A sanctioned tanker is rotting off Oman's coast, and no insurer has stepped up to pay for it
11 Aug 2026
Commission conflicts land in FMA’s enforcement crosshairs for 2026/27
11 Aug 2026
The workplace risk brokers aren’t pricing into group schemes
10 Aug 2026
Insurers thought the threat to cyber was bad from AI. Now even OpenAI is scared
10 Aug 2026
BHSI Auckland launches new accident and health line as Berkshire's reinsurance capacity grows
10 Aug 2026
Rates keep falling, but car, casualty and D&O show where the soft market is fraying
08 Aug 2026
A murder acquittal didn't save his life insurance claim - civil courts use a lower bar
08 Aug 2026
Scammers are borrowing the NCSC's name - and cyber policies don't all respond the same way
07 Aug 2026
AXA XL just bought the vendor half of every cyber panel it sat on
07 Aug 2026
AIG's Q2 looks solid. International brokers should read the detail
07 Aug 2026
Allianz posts records it largely can't sell you in New Zealand - but here is why it still matters
07 Aug 2026
Canopius grows profit while cutting Bermuda contracts on price
07 Aug 2026
NZ market keeps softening but chasing price alone is the real risk
07 Aug 2026
Critical minerals risk is physical, not just geopolitical
07 Aug 2026
Kermadec quake tests what clients know about their seismic cover
07 Aug 2026
OpenAI's AI models teamed up to hack their way online. Then Meta admitted a breach of its own
07 Aug 2026
AI advice tools are operating outside the law – and PI cover may not help
07 Aug 2026
Liberty Mutual posts US$2.6 billion quarter as cats drop, but core costs rise
06 Aug 2026
Swiss Re P&C hits 76.7% combined ratio but pricing gap widens
06 Aug 2026
Zurich posts 13% BOP growth and US$3.5bn net income in H1 2026 as Asia-Pacific momentum builds
06 Aug 2026
Why ANZIIF has built a summit no other ANZ insurance event delivers
06 Aug 2026
Here's why the hiring process is facing a trust problem
06 Aug 2026
Fiji insurer won’t say what checks it ran before hiring convicted consultant
06 Aug 2026
Fitch flags upgrade as Asteron prepares to become Acenda Life
05 Aug 2026
Beazley's profits halve as cyber prices and Middle East squeeze the market
05 Aug 2026
FSC calls for FBT exemption on employer-funded health and life insurance
05 Aug 2026
Fidelity Life names new head of claims
05 Aug 2026
The Dunedin cold snap your clients’ BI policies may not cover
04 Aug 2026
Third Hormuz incident in 48 hours puts underwriters back on alert
04 Aug 2026
Benign US weather drags on Crawford even as overseas margins jump
04 Aug 2026
Moody's: retail P&C distribution faces the fastest AI disruption of any financial services segment
04 Aug 2026
Forestry fire cover shrinks while mainstream insurers stay profitable
04 Aug 2026
AIA NZ claims fall back as new disclosure rules loom
01 Aug 2026
Why brokers can't ignore environmental risk anymore
01 Aug 2026
High-net-worth cover is no longer just about the house
01 Aug 2026
FENZ hits 50 strikes with pay deal still out of reach
01 Aug 2026
New Zealand insurers face El Niño on structurally weakened ground