1. Do you have a plan for who will manage your money if you can't? - NZ Herald
If a family member suffers a severe illness or accident and can't continue to manage their affairs, you don't want legal wrangling and financial stress added to your burdens. It's always best to make sure you have a written plan and/or legal will in place so that you and your dependants will be okay if the worst happens.
2. AIA announces profit growth. - Good Returns
One of New Zealand's premier insurers has announced an underlying growth of 21% in profits for the year for the 12 months to November 30th 2014.
3. Self-driving cars: Insurers sceptical about impact on business. - Insurance Business Online
84% of business executives surveyed in the US did not expect the self-driving car to impact business until 2025 but are they ignoring the speed of a revolution? Industry insiders saying Self-driving vehicles could completely revamp the structure of Vehicle Insurance worldwide.
4. Humor: Insurance Fraudster tries to cash in a claim on a fake dead cat. - Insurance Business Online.
An American man has demanded an escalating amount in successive claim requests for emotional damage inflicted by the death of his cat in a car accident. The problem: There is no such cat and the pictures he supplied were of two different cats from Google.
5. Average Auckland house price up $100,000 in a year, but available listings down. - Interest.co.nz
Auckland housing boom continues as New Zealand's largest real estate agency sold a record number of houses in May, showing no sign of the usual winter downturn.
6. Flooding: Insurance claims reach towards $10 million. - Stuff.co.nz
Insurers have received close to 2,000 claims after severe flooding in the lower North Island over the weekend of the 20th June.
7. Annual health insurance payouts rise by $38 million. - NZ Herald
Following on from a previous story posted on the blog, the annual health insurance payout figure has been revised upward yet more. This is the first time since the statistics have been kept that $1 billion has been paid out in claims nationwide.
8. Cold snap hits New Zealand: Could we see record low temperatures? - NZ Herald
Ice and snow covers South Island roads and last week, Queenstown airport was forced to cancel a day's worth of flights. The record low tempearture recorded in New Zealand of a shocking -25 degrees may be under threat if the cold continues. Drivers are urged to stay safe on the road and to keep alert and warm.
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