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Row over strata premium ‘best settled in court’

27 April 2026

A dispute over how strata insurance premiums are apportioned between a backpacker hostel and apartment owners is headed for court, after an adjudicator ruled it needed settling in another jurisdiction...

In Insurance News magazine this month

13 April 2026

The tobacco wars and their impact on insurance make the cover of the April/May edition of Insurance News magazine, but it’s not all bad news...

‘Disaster inertia’ grips NZ, researchers warn

13 April 2026

New Zealand’s disaster responses have simply involved doing more of the same every time, according to three academics who have researched post-catastrophe reviews across the past decade...

ICNZ reveals new board line-up

13 April 2026

FMG Insurance CEO Adam Heath has become chairman of the Insurance Council of New Zealand, with Suncorp NZ CEO Jimmy Higgins the deputy chairman...

Intermediated premium edges up

30 March 2026

General insurance intermediaries issued premium invoices totalling $22.97 billion in the six months to December, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority says...