https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pharmac-prasugrel-heart-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-11-12 Pharmac proposes funding clot drug prasugrel again for around 4000 heart patients https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-fee-disclosure-adviser-commissions QuoteHub en 2026-11-06 FMA finds 25% of advice firms it reviewed left fees unclear or incomplete https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pharmac-wegovy-mounjaro-not-funded QuoteHub en 2026-11-03 Pharmac says Wegovy and Mounjaro for weight loss are not funded, with no date https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-intermediaries-coia-oversight QuoteHub en 2026-10-29 FMA will oversee insurance brokers and advisers from 15 November 2027 under new law https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/insurance-prices-cpi-sept-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-10-22 Contents insurance prices fell 6.8% in a year while health cover rose 17.5% https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/nz-hazard-premiums-survey QuoteHub en 2026-10-21 Two in three Kiwis say natural hazard risk pushes up property insurance premiums https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/rbnz-fma-ai-cyber-expectations QuoteHub en 2026-10-15 RBNZ and FMA tell financial firms to expect AI-powered attacks and deepfake scams https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pharmac-timely-assessment-programme QuoteHub en 2026-10-08 Pharmac plans 18-month target for ranking medicine funding applications https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/flu-jab-free-under-fives QuoteHub en 2026-10-08 Pharmac makes flu jabs free for 260,000 children under five from 1 September https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/tower-profit-guidance-upgrade-fy26 QuoteHub en 2026-10-06 Tower lifts profit guidance after large event claims come in $20 million light https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/southern-cross-eligibility-criteria-website QuoteHub en 2026-10-05 Southern Cross says cover rules can narrow and points members to its website https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pharmac-cancer-medicines-young-adults QuoteHub en 2026-09-30 Pharmac extends funded cancer medicines to about 15 more young people a year https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/southern-cross-fy26-surplus-claims-cost-slows QuoteHub en 2026-09-29 Southern Cross posts $146.9 million surplus and expects premium rises to moderate https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-climate-relief-extended-election QuoteHub en 2026-09-29 FMA extends climate reporting relief for health and life insurers across five more periods https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/health-nz-planned-care-year-end-2025-26 QuoteHub en 2026-09-23 Health NZ beats planned surgery milestone, with 72.6% waiting under four months https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/tower-reinsurance-renewal-fy27 QuoteHub en 2026-09-21 Tower lifts catastrophe cover to $970 million as its reinsurance costs fall https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pharmac-febuxostat-gout-access QuoteHub en 2026-09-16 Pharmac proposes easier access to gout drug febuxostat for up to 7,300 more people https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/icnz-fire-levy-home-premium QuoteHub en 2026-09-16 Insurance Council wants fire service levy replaced, saying it's 5% of a home premium https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/life-and-living-direct-channel QuoteHub en 2026-09-09 Four of five direct life insurers now sell a product called Life and Living https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/health-insurers-disagree-prior-approval QuoteHub en 2026-09-09 Southern Cross and UniMed require prior approval over $1,000, nib only recommends it https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/funeral-grant-accident-gap QuoteHub en 2026-09-09 ACC pays up to $8,236 toward a funeral, but only after accidental deaths https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/southern-cross-premium-increase-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-09-08 Southern Cross returns over 94% of premiums as claims and aims for a surplus https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/partners-group-buys-fidelity-life QuoteHub en 2026-09-03 Partners Life's owner agrees to buy Fidelity Life for $630 million https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/nib-nz-profit-premium-increases QuoteHub en 2026-08-24 nib New Zealand returns to profit after premium rises lift revenue 13.2% https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/genetic-testing-life-insurance-nz QuoteHub en 2026-08-21 Australia bans adverse genetic test results in life cover from 8 October, NZ doesn't https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-add-on-insurance-review-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-08-20 FMA finds some add-on policies pay out 3 to 6 cents per premium dollar https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/nz-life-cover-oecd-gap QuoteHub en 2026-08-14 Financial Services Council says 43% of insured Kiwis get cover through work https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fsc-health-insurance-affordability-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-08-14 Financial Services Council report counts 80,770 Kiwis who ended hospital cover last year https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/iag-fy26-nz-premium-income-falls QuoteHub en 2026-08-13 IAG's NZ premium income falls 2.7% to NZ$4,060m as direct home and motor grew https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/suncorp-nz-fy26-premium-income-falls QuoteHub en 2026-08-12 Suncorp NZ, behind Vero, says premium income fell 4.8% on softer market, cheaper reinsurance https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fsc-fbt-workplace-insurance-modelling QuoteHub en 2026-08-12 Insurers want fringe benefit tax scrapped on workplace cover, claiming $198 million gain https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/rbnz-prudential-levy-consultation-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-08-11 Reserve Bank proposes $81 million levy on insurers over three years to fund supervision https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-ai-in-financial-advice-review QuoteHub en 2026-08-06 FMA launches review of AI in financial advice with four industry surveys https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pharmac-diabetes-medicines-access-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-08-05 Pharmac drops ethnicity and heart-risk rules for four diabetes medicines from 1 September https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/asteron-life-acenda-fitch-rating-watch QuoteHub en 2026-08-05 Fitch puts Asteron Life on watch for AA- upgrade as Resolution Life policies move https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/unimed-hidden-premium-rise QuoteHub en 2026-08-01 UniMed adds $150 charge to scopes and some scans, won't say premium rise https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fsc-election-manifesto-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-07-29 Financial Services Council's 21-point manifesto wants tax scrapped on workplace health and life cover https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-turnaround-plan-2026-27 QuoteHub en 2026-07-29 ACC sets target of fewer than 20,000 people on long-term weekly compensation https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/southern-cross-new-ceo-2027 QuoteHub en 2026-07-28 Southern Cross appoints HBF's Jan O'Keefe as chief executive from 1 February 2027 https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-turnaround-missed-targets QuoteHub en 2026-07-28 ACC misses three of eight targets as its long-term claims pool falls just 95 https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-coverplus-extra-ceiling QuoteHub en 2026-07-27 ACC caps self-employed income cover at $125,313 and pays nothing for illness https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/foundation-life-wind-up QuoteHub en 2026-07-24 Foundation Life finishes wind-up, leaving unclaimed policy payouts at Inland Revenue with no deadline https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/health-insurance-19-percent-inflation QuoteHub en 2026-07-21 Health insurance prices jump 19.2% in a year, Stats NZ figures show https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-66-billion-liability QuoteHub en 2026-07-08 ACC approves fewer planned operations as its claims bill reaches $66 billion https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-single-conduct-regulator-credit QuoteHub en 2026-07-01 FMA becomes single conduct regulator as it takes over consumer lending from Commerce Commission https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/rbnz-insurer-reverse-stress-test QuoteHub en 2026-06-30 Reserve Bank orders eight insurers to model their own failure in first such test https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-regulatory-priorities-2026-27 QuoteHub en 2026-06-30 FMA makes adviser commissions one of its four priorities for 2026/27 https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/health-nz-elective-surgery-target-q3-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-06-23 Health NZ misses hospital targets, with 64.9% getting planned surgery within four months https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-climate-reporting-life-health-insurers QuoteHub en 2026-06-18 FMA lets nine large health and life insurers stop filing climate reports https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-injury-cost-league-table QuoteHub en 2026-06-17 ACC says home injuries ran up 6.4 million days of weekly compensation in 2025 https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-injuries-in-new-zealand-report-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-06-17 ACC report counts more than 20 million days lost to injury in 2025 https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fma-insurer-incentives-soft-commissions QuoteHub en 2026-06-11 FMA tells insurers to weigh risks of adviser perks, last counted at $34 million https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-weekly-comp-real-cut QuoteHub en 2026-06-11 ACC lifts weekly compensation only 1.97% while one-off payments keep pace with prices https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/partners-life-double-medical-repricing QuoteHub en 2026-06-09 Partners Life raises older health cover a second time, taking the rise to 18.9% https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fsc-life-insurance-statistics-march-2026 QuoteHub en 2026-06-08 New Zealand life insurers collect $3.31 billion in premiums as policy numbers fall https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/life-insurer-profits-jump-47-percent QuoteHub en 2026-06-01 KPMG says life insurers' profit jumped 47% to $502 million last year https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/commerce-commission-gynaecologists-southern-cross QuoteHub en 2026-05-25 Gynaecologists ask to bargain collectively with Southern Cross for up to ten years https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pharmacy-funded-treatments-without-prescription QuoteHub en 2026-05-20 Pharmac lets pharmacies supply funded treatment for seven conditions without a prescription https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/contracts-of-insurance-countdown QuoteHub en 2026-05-18 FMA tells insurers to prepare now for the disclosure law starting 15 November 2027 https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/partners-life-profit-falls-33-percent QuoteHub en 2026-05-15 Partners Life earns its Japanese owner 33% less as medical prices rise again https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/acc-motorcycle-levy-46-percent QuoteHub en 2026-05-13 ACC lifts the levy on petrol bikes over 750cc by 46% from 1 July https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/aia-claims-fell-premiums-rose QuoteHub en 2026-05-12 AIA NZ paid $790 million in claims in 2025, down 4.8% on 2024 https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/pinnacle-onechoice-b-plus-rating QuoteHub en 2026-04-15 OneChoice's insurer Pinnacle Life keeps a B+ rating, the lowest rung called secure https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/ipsa-bill-insurer-penalties QuoteHub en 2026-04-15 Reserve Bank draft law proposes $2.5 million fines for insurers that break solvency rules https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/fmg-11-year-overcharge QuoteHub en 2026-02-09 FMG pays $2.1 million after admitting pricing errors misled customers for years https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/nhi-levy-freeze-deferred-bill QuoteHub en 2026-01-28 Cabinet freezes natural hazards levy on home insurance, forgoing about $464 million a year https://www.quotehub.co.nz/news/private-hospitals-20-percent-public-surgery QuoteHub en 2026-01-06 Private hospitals now do one in five publicly funded operations