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Michael Naylor: Underinsurance - $650 billion estimate a bit low
On Monday the Financial Services Council released a report called "Exploring Underinsurance within New Zealand".

Push to let Rena wreck rest
The owners and insurers of the MV Rena want to leave part of the cargo ship on the Astrolabe Reef - but Tauranga's Mayor would rather have the whole wreck gone.

Kiwis are under-insured, finds survey
New Zealanders are under-insured by $650 billion, a two-year research project has found.

Diana Clement: Homeowners may be in for an insurance shock
Kiwis need to get a whole lot more interested in their house insurance or it will cost them dearly.

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

Small business: Robyn Galloway on temporary relocation after earthquake
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.

Inside Money: Flesch test - in search of an easy hereinafterlife
New Zealand's insurance companies can make things a little easier on their long-suffering readers...

Robbie, we can look after you
The search is on for a young boy who hopes to get his new red bike insured.

A car crash with a bitter aftertaste
You could forgive Shiu Narayan if the word "insurance" tasted sour in his mouth this morning.

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

Grandmother used forgery to get at cash
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.

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

Family vow to keep grandmother alive
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.