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

TradeMe Group has launched an insurance with Tower, as part of the online auction site's plan to diversify into financial services.

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.

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.

Tower shares rose today to a month-high after the insurer hiked its interim dividend and confirmed an on-market share buyback.

David Chaplin on insurance company 'churn' or the shifting of clients to different providers for commission.

While the Government spent about $1.7 billion bailing out the majority of South Canterbury Finance investors, close to 4000 holders of preference shares were left out in the cold.

Insurance claims for flood damage caused by yesterday's deluge in Wellington are expected to rise after the next downpour, AA Insurance says.

Insurers may face higher costs over the Canterbury earthquake after several firms recently increased estimates for the final bill, according to the Reserve Bank.

A young Canadian couple have been left with $80,000 of damage after renting their home out on Airbnb.

Tower may record small net loss in first half on quake adjustment as underlying earnings grow.

Setting yourself up for life financially can be done with seven easy steps.

Going away on holiday? Strategic thinking can go a long way to preventing long-haul discomfort.

Southern Cross Travel Insurance has axed its $100 claims excess calling it a trivial amount.

Tinted windows are becoming a fashion accessory for Kiwi motorists - but installing them can put owners at risk of a failed insurance claim.

New Zealand's second-largest health insurer, nib, might take over another insurance business to get a bigger share of the market here.

Hanover Group's lawsuit against its former insurance broker for failing to get it full cover hasn't settled and is now expected to be argued almost 1 1/2 years after it was due.