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.

A fresh blood transfusion for the moribund medical insurance sector...

Following a host of celebrity implosions, corporate sponsors are being offered insurance against their investments having a meltdown.

A telemarketer who told her supervisor she was going to "smash her" has been awarded $5000 for wrongful dismissal.