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- February 16 2026
Heavy rain, strong winds brings state of emergency, disruptions to central New Zealand
States of emergancy have been declared in five districts and 30,000 properties have reported power outages as a result of the extreme weather on the North Island.
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- February 6 2026
Swiss Re appoints Isabel Rawlence as senior client manager for public sector solutions in ANZ
She was most recently underwriting manager at the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation.
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- February 4 2026
New Zealand launches review into soaring home insurance costs
ICNZ said that it welcomes the government's review of the general insurance market
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- February 2 2026
Zurich promotes Melissa Starfield to head of strategic broker management
She replaces Hamish MacLean, who left Zurich for Delta Insurance Australia.
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- January 27 2026
Claims from New Zealand’s ‘complex, incredibly devastating’ deadly storms top 1,200
Country is experiencing La Niña weather patterns, so ongoing rainfall is possible, IAG claims specialist tells InsuranceAsia News.
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- January 26 2026
Marsh expands data centre facility to Australia, New Zealand, raises limit to US$2.7bn
Nimbus now provides coverage, inclusive of delay in start‑up and business interruption, for major data centre construction projects in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, the US, Canada, and Europe.
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- January 22 2026
Record-breaking rain cause landslides, flooding on New Zealand’s North Island
States of emergency declared in Northland, Hauraki, Bay of Plenty, and Thames-Coromandel as a low-pressure front continues to bring heavy rains.
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- January 21 2026
Chubb appoints Candice Strydom as New Zealand construction lead
Strydom, who joins from Vero Insurance, brings over 15 years of underwriting experience in the New Zealand insurer market.
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- January 20 2026
QBE New Zealand taps national portfolio specialist as Jeno Capo returns
Auckland-based Capo was most recently head of professional liability trading at Ando Insurance.
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- January 20 2026
Insurers brace for further claims after heavy rainfall in New Zealand’s North Island
An orange heavy rain warning remains in force in Northland with a month’s worth of rain predicted to fall in 2-3 days.
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- January 12 2026
QBE New Zealand appoints James Sommerville as head of strategic partnerships
Auckland-based Sommerville joins following over 10 years at WTW, last holding the position of manager for affinity since September 2021.
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- January 6 2026
Tesh Patel joins Canopius to lead ANZ distribution
Sydney-based Patel was most recently managing director of Delta Insurance Australia.
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- December 22 2025
Kiwi broker Donaldson Brown elevates Racheal Greer to GM for fire and general
Auckland-based Greer assumes day-to-day leadership of the division, with founders Alex Brown and Dan Donaldson continuing to focus on the broader strategic direction of the group.
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- December 16 2025
Andy Gunawan joins Dual New Zealand as commerial underwriter
Auckland-based Gunawan previoulsy spent over six and a half years with IAG.
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- December 9 2025
Kiwi insurer Tower fined US$4m for misleading 61,000 customers
Tower had self-reported the issue in 2021, admitting that it had contravened the Financial Markets Conduct Act by making false or misleading claims about its multi-policy discount offer since September 2016.
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- December 5 2025
IAG hires Phillip Gibson as CEO of New Zealand
Former Aviva Canada executive will join IAG New Zealand in March, replacing Amanda Whiting.
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- November 27 2025
Kiwi insurer Tower posts ‘exceptional’ FY25 results
Tower benefits from low natural catastrophe losses to post a record underlying net profit after tax (NPAT) of NZ$107.2 million (US$61.35 million).
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- November 20 2025
ICNZ welcomes move to leave natural hazards levy unchanged
The levy, collected by insurers on behalf of the government, helps ensure the Natural Hazards Commission (NHC) is funded to provide basic cover for natural disasters such as earthquakes, landslides and flooding.
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- November 17 2025
Sedgwick confirms new Australia leadership
Phil van Zyl has been appointed interim CEO, replacing Diego Ascani, with Simon Kay appointed chief operating officer.
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- November 12 2025
New Zealand’s non-life insurance sector set for resilient growth: AM Best
Global agency says premium growth is expected to rise despite climate volatility and regulatory cost pressures.
