Doctors and specialists have been scamming health insurer, Southern Cross, which has just announced new measures in an attempt to save millions.

Tower, the general insurer, posted an annual loss as it prepares for more expensive claims from the Canterbury spate of earthquakes

Commission payments to financial advisers are in the spotlight, with the release of a contentious report from the Financial Services Council.

Two years after a shake-up in the way house insurance is calculated, concerns remain over how well the public understand the change.

It's not volcanoes, earthquakes or pandemics, says new research.

Insurance fraud spikes whenever a new tech upgrade happens such as the release of a new iPhone.

Leopards and lions munching on cameras, a car colliding with a buffalo, and a seal attack have all triggered unusual payouts from a Kiwi insurance company.

There's a renewed sense of optimism in the Christchurch business community.

Lladro porcelain damaged in the Christchurch quake count as works of art - leaving a retiree out of pocket by nearly $200,000.

Anthony McPhail, head of Southern Cross Pet Insurance, said the business had paid out more than $3 million on 10,000 claims over the past year.

A Whangarei couple have spent three months sleeping on a mattress on the floor as they battle to settle an insurance claim.

New Zealand's biggest medical and health insurer has slipped back into the black, turning last year's $390,000 after-tax deficit into a surplus of $5.7 million.

With equity market volatility on the rise, CBL Corporation boss Peter Harris admits it isn't the perfect time to launch an IPO.

KiwiSaver provider Mercer is set to expand into the insurance market for the first time in a bid to capture more savers.

Nearly half of Kiwi homes are under-insured by more than 10 per cent.

New Zealand-based credit surety and financial risk insurer CBL Insurance has bought Australian specialty insurer Assetinsure Holdings for $46 million.

CBL Insurance has appointed a new director and is understood to be forging ahead with plans to carry out a stock exchange listing this year.

Diana Clement looks at the six biggest life insurance mistakes that Kiwis make.

If your company does not have a constitution, there is no ability for the company to indemnify or take out insurance to protect you.

Cold calling for new insurance customers - or just churning? David Chaplin investigates. Cold-calling is a legitimate, if irritating, sales technique. And insurance, as everyone knows, is sold, not bought.

Annual health insurance claim pay-outs have reached $1 billion for the first time.

Insurance is a privilege. If you're caught breaching the terms and conditions of your policy, you could be blacklisted from both your present and any other insurer, writes Diana Clement.

New Zealand is the third-luckiest country in the world, as measured by its ability to take on more public debt, writes David Chaplin.

A Consumer NZ survey of life insurance premiums across 20 of New Zealand's main providers shows Countdown's package, launched last November, is the cheapest standard premium in the market.

Personal finance columnist David Chaplin on the FMA taking a closer look at the NZ insurance industry.

When Rob Hekes best mates find out he's "New Zealand's safest driver" they're going to rib him.

A boy racer struggling to find car insurance has turned to his fellow petrol-heads online for help.