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Why New Zealand’s Regulators Are Under Pressure to Act
Features | Jan 20, 2026

Why New Zealand’s Regulators Are Under Pressure to Act

As artificial intelligence becomes embedded across underwriting, claims management and customer engagement, New Zealand’s insurance sector is approaching a regulatory...

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AI Chatbots and Voice Agents Become the New Insurance Frontline in NZ
Features | Jan 19, 2026

AI Chatbots and Voice Agents Become the New Insurance Frontline in NZ

For much of its history, the insurance industry’s relationship with customers has been mediated through agents, call centres and branch...

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Regulators Confront the Explainability Gap in New Zealand’s Insurance AI
Features | Jan 18, 2026

Regulators Confront the Explainability Gap in New Zealand’s Insurance AI

As artificial intelligence systems take on a more decisive role within New Zealand’s insurance sector, regulators are confronting a challenge...

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AI Tests the Balance Between Speed and Trust in Insurance Disputes
Features | Jan 17, 2026

AI Tests the Balance Between Speed and Trust in Insurance Disputes

Across New Zealand’s insurance sector, claims processing has emerged as the most visible frontier of artificial intelligence adoption. What was...

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AI’s Emerging Role in New Zealand Insurance Underwriting
Features | Jan 16, 2026

AI’s Emerging Role in New Zealand Insurance Underwriting

Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant prospect for New Zealand’s insurance industry. It has begun to move decisively from...

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NZI Backs Initio as Insurers Embrace Digital Capabilities
Features | Jan 15, 2026

NZI Backs Initio as Insurers Embrace Digital Capabilities

Initio operates in the insurtech space with a focus on digital brokerage tools, real time underwriting support and workflow automation...

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FintechNZ Signals Strategic Shift Ahead of Hui Taumata 2026
Features | Jan 12, 2026

FintechNZ Signals Strategic Shift Ahead of Hui Taumata 2026

As New Zealand entered the final weeks of 2025, the country’s fintech sector was already looking ahead to Hui Taumata...

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MADANI Captive Insurance Positions Labuan as a Strategic Risk Hub
Features | Jan 10, 2026

MADANI Captive Insurance Positions Labuan as a Strategic Risk Hub

Malaysia’s announcement of the MADANI Captive Insurance Programme in December 2025 represents a structural shift in how the country intends...

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Leadership Transition at Labuan IBFC Signals a Strategic Reorientation for Offshore Finance in Malaysia
Features | Jan 09, 2026

Leadership Transition at Labuan IBFC Signals a Strategic Reorientation for Offshore Finance in Malaysia

The leadership transition at Labuan International Business and Financial Centre in December 2025 has drawn measured attention within offshore finance...

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Capital Behaviour, Not Regulation, Will Decide GIFT IFSC’s Next Phase
Features | Dec 31, 2025

Capital Behaviour, Not Regulation, Will Decide GIFT IFSC’s Next Phase

India’s International Financial Services Centres have reached an inflection point. The regulatory groundwork has been laid, permissions have been clarified,...

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Capital Behaviour, Not Regulation, Will Decide GIFT IFSC’s Next Phase
Features | Dec 29, 2025

Capital Behaviour, Not Regulation, Will Decide GIFT IFSC’s Next Phase

India’s International Financial Services Centres have reached an inflection point. The regulatory groundwork has been laid, permissions have been clarified,...

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Reimagining Consumer Engagement in New Zealand’s Insurance Industry
Features | Dec 01, 2025

Reimagining Consumer Engagement in New Zealand’s Insurance Industry

Insurance, once a conservative sector defined by contracts and claims, is undergoing a quiet but profound metamorphosis in New Zealand....

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When the State and the Insurer Collide
Features | Nov 29, 2025

When the State and the Insurer Collide

As the line between natural disaster and national crisis blurs, so too does the boundary between private responsibility and public...

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From Digital Expansion to Ethical Finance
Features | Nov 28, 2025

From Digital Expansion to Ethical Finance

Malaysia’s fintech journey, once defined by the velocity of innovation, now stands on the threshold of a more complex transformation....

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