Hanover Group Holdings has filed an appeal after it lost a High Court fight with insurance giant AIG over a policy worth up to $20 million.

Hanover Group Holdings is expected to file an appeal this afternoon after it lost a High Court fight with AIG.

Robyn Galloway, Managing Director of Innovative Travel in Christchurch and Board Member for the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce on business survival and insurance after a disaster.

Peter Townsend, CEO of Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce on why business insurance is important.

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The search is on for a young boy who hopes to get his new red bike insured.

Canterbury property owners with earthquake-damaged land are likely to share some $2 billion in payouts as the Earthquake Commission gears up to settle land claims.

You could forgive Shiu Narayan if the word "insurance" tasted sour in his mouth this morning.

Hanover Group Holdings has lost its High Court fight with insurance giant AIG over a policy worth up to $20 million.

A man was cheated out of inheriting his father's $400,000 life insurance by his grandmother and another woman who spent some of the money, a court has heard.

A woman convicted of bigamy and setting her car on fire for an insurance scam has narrowly avoided prison.

The family of a Fijian grandmother whose Auckland hospital care is expected to cost more than $100,000 say they are determined to keep her alive.

A 31-year-old property developer who sent false documents to the High Court in an effort to save his friend from going bankrupt has escaped jail time.

Tower has posted a 67 per cent jump in full-year profit and said it will return $120 million to shareholders.

The Christchurch earthquakes taught smaller enterprises the value of insurance, and being ready when disaster strikes, writes Diana Clement.