Wayne Besant (CEO, AIA NZ), this week, presented to the New Zealand Diversity Forum about business and the case for diversity.

Health insurance fraud is a significant problem in New Zealand, adding perhaps $30 million to premiums annually.

The battle for the health and medical insurance market is heating up, as newcomer nib New Zealand takes on the established Southern Cross Medical Care Society

An insurance broker has denied charges he used client funds to finance his lifestyle - and gave an employee of a customer $159k in secret commissions.

New Zealand's biggest general insurer has paid out more than $3.3 billion for Canterbury earthquakes damage and settled 58 per cent of claims.

Q: I saw the CEO of the Financial Services Council on TV talking about an insurance option to protect the loss of KiwiSaver amounts due to a recession. Does this cover have any merit?

Read the fine print to ensure you stay within the insurance policy rules, writes Diana Clement.

More and more US companies are moving part of their pension obligations off their books and into annuities run by insurance companies.

A major insurer has pulled an about-turn on breast reconstruction costs that had left cancer patients financially and physically distressed.

Both women and men need to take responsibility for their finances, and unfortunately insurances are part of that, writes Tamsyn Parker.

Women sometimes get a raw deal when it comes to insurance, for varied reasons. For one, most leave sorting out the insurance to their husbands, writes Diana Clement.

A young entrepreneur behind a business selling submarines has been charged over an attempted $22 million insurance scam.

While it's hard to summon up much sympathy for insurance companies, they also have a few justifiable complaints to make against their customers, writes David Chaplin.

More than 100 insurance claims have already been lodged with AA Insurance today for damages to roofs, windows and fences from the overnight storm.

The head of this country's biggest insurer has welcomed regulatory approval for the New Zealand part of a A$1.85 billion ($2 billion) purchase although the Reserve Bank has not yet given the deal the green light.

People may be paying more for their own medical care in future, as health costs are set to almost double in the next 50 years, a public health expert says.

The Commerce Commission has cleared Insurance Australia Group to buy Wesfarmer's Lumley General Insurance unit.

The A$1.85 billion deal for Insurance Australia Group to buy the New Zealand and Australian underwriting businesses of Wesfarmers has been delayed.

We all know the benefits of driving safely - and now an insurance company is offering the incentive of reduced premiums.

One of the world's biggest and oldest insurers is underwriting a new building warranty insurance scheme being launched in New Zealand.

Southern Cross and Travel Insurance Direct joint winners with 'outstanding value' in survey of 29 providers.