Claimants battling ACC for entitlements say its $4.9 billion surplus is "ridiculous" and "obscene" given how difficult it has made it for New Zealanders to obtain compensation.

The Accident Compensation Corporation has reported a massive surplus of $4.9 billion, which will give the Government's books an extra $324 million boost.

What utterly specious reasoning from ACC, which claims levies on private motor vehicles will mean safer cars and fewer crashes.

Using vehicle safety ratings to determine how much drivers pay in injury levies is a step in the right direction, the Motor Trade Association says.

Kiwi motorists opting for safer cars may soon be paying less than $100 a year in injury levies.

A man who broke his back in three places in a car accident had to battle ACC three times over 12 years to get compensation and he's still waiting.

Weddings are supposed to be the happiest day of your life - try telling that to the hundreds of people who make ACC claims for injuries at ceremonies.

When you find out someone you love is hurt, the world contracts itself inwards. In that instant, the only thing that matters is the crisis unfolding before you. Nothing existed before it.

The ACC forked out nearly $64 million for rugby injuries in the past year - with almost 70,000 active claims for players at all levels.

ACC is one of NZ's largest financial institutions. Beyond the corporation's role as an insurer, ACC has a critical role to play in our economy, writes Judith Collins.

Dozens of ACC claimants may receive financial compensation after a notebook containing their personal details was stolen.

ACC has admitted the personal information of 35 of its clients was stolen from a case manager's house in Christchurch.

Editorial: If this country is to do the right thing by those who come here to enjoy NZ's well-promoted adventures and outdoor experiences, it is the price we probably ought to pay.

Taxpayers are trapped into paying compensation to a traveller who would rather be able to sue for damages over being shot in the head and left brain damaged.

Skiers and older people are most at risk of injury, according to the first geographical breakdown of New Zealand accident statistics.

More than 50 people have been injured while working on Western Bay of Plenty roads and bridges in the past two years.

An Auckland woman who was receiving weekly ACC payments for the workplace death of a man has been convicted of defrauding the corporation after it was found she had been lying about the pair's relationship.

Accidents on the mountains are costing Kiwis a mountain of money, according to latest figures by ACC.

Soup, slippers, umbrellas, heaters and firewood aren't as comforting on a cold winter's day as you'd like, with all also contributing to nasty injuries, ACC warns.

A Napier man has been convicted after sending an email threatening to take an ACC branch "hostage".

It is good to see ACC focussing on the important things - such as gumboot injuries. Apparently 160 gumboot-related ACC claims were made last winter.

The number of injuries from horse accidents has risen, costing ACC more than $11 million in claims in one year.

The Accident Compensation Corporation's Earners and Work Accounts are now fully funded ACC Minister Judith Collins has told National Party members at their Northern Regional Conference today.