Guides to Insurance

Protection from uninsured motorists

If an uninsured motorist damages your vehicle you may not lose your no claims bonus or have to pay your excess if you are insured with an Insurance Council Member.

Individual insurance policies may differ.

Talk to your insurance company or insurance advisor about this.

A Guide to Motor Insurance in New Zealand

This Guide has been produced to help you make sure your motor vehicle is adequately covered by insurance and tells you how to make a claim should you need to.

Download as PDF (91KB)

A Guide to Jewellery Insurance

This guide has been produced to help you make sure your contents policy adequately covers your items of jewellery and tells you how to make a claim should you need to. It has been prepared by the Insurance Council in conjunction with the Jewellers and Watchmakers of New Zealand Inc and the Jewellery Appraisers Association of New Zealand.

Download as PDF (32KB)

Marine Cargo Open Policy Handbook

A marine cargo open policy is an agreement between a merchant and the insurance company to insure all goods in transit. This handbook is designed to assist exporters and importers to understand this type of insurance policy.

Download as PDF (1.3MB)

The Fair Insurance Code

Revised in 2006, the Fair Insurance Code is a set of principles that aim to improve the standard of practice and service that member companies provide to their customers. The Code sets out the insurers responsibility to you, how you can help, complaints procedures and details about the administration of the code. All members of the Insurance Council must comply with the Fair Insurance Code.

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