Xu and Bryant - The Supreme Court decision
July 3, 2019
The Supreme Court has issued its decision in Xu v IAG. A split decision with 3 Justices (William Young, O’Regan and Ellen France JJ) against the appeal and 2 Glazebrook and Arnold JJ dissenting. My quick reading is that Bryant is still in force, although clarified and some...
More bad news for the insurance Industry
June 24, 2019
Consumer New Zealand has published the results of a survey showing that public trust and confidence in the insurance industry is low (1). The specific conclusions from the study are:
Our latest survey research found:Consumer trust in the insurance industry was low.
Jus...
Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal Bill
August 2, 2018
Yesterday, 1 August 2018, the Ministry of Justice published the a bill to establish an insurance Tribunal to address insurance disputes arising from the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence of 2010 in 2011. The Tribunal will be called the Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal ...
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