A lawyer has asked for an investigation into a group of doctors he says ACC uses to reject claims due to pre-injury "degenerative" conditions.

More than 80 per cent of Christchurch households have filed insurance claims for the Canterbury quake.

Hundreds of accident victims are being wrongly refused treatment on back, shoulder and knee injuries that are being mislabelled as due to "degenerative" causes, say lawyers.

A woman whose car was spun across three lanes in an accident on the Southern Motorway has been refused accident compensation for her back injury on the grounds that her spinal problem is "degenerative".

A growing number of companies are buying so-called 'disgrace insurance' in case their brand ambassador turns into a persona non grata.

United Future are calling for the outright ban of 1080 in the fight against possums and for the introduction of universal health insurance.

Taxpayers may be offered discounts on their accident insurance levies in return for accepting lower compensation, longer waits and higher medical fees after an accident.

A rogue finance company boss bought secret life insurance cover on hundreds of unwitting people - to win a $500,000 jackpot every time one of them died. Their families received $20,000.

The owners of a stranded luxury launch have put it up for sale after failing to free it from sand.

Some Christchurch residents don't know when their land will be fixed or how they'll live meantime.