Insurer temporarily halts new policies in Westport due to flood risk

The decision will be the first of many as the full force of climate change arrives, a researcher says.

Westport residents turn to brokers and specialists as mainstream insurers shut the door

A first-home buyer in the flood-prone West Coast town says she and her partner could not even convince the vendor's current ...

A major insurance company halts new policies in Westport

Experts are predicting AA Insurance's decision to temporarily stopped offering new home insurance policies in Westport could ...

Kerre Woodham: It's not our opinions on climate change that matter

Kerre Woodham holds the opinion that the average person's stance on climate change does not matter, because insurance ...

We are at a crossroad; if we don’t make the difficult decisions then our insurers will – Editorial

OPINION: While we still can, the country needs to invest in our defence.

AA Insurance pausing new policies in Westport amid ongoing flood concerns

A warning more insurance companies could follow AA Insurance, which has paused signing up new new policies in the West Coast's Westport.
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The West Coast Regional Council is upping their game on flood protection - to ensure Westport can continue to insure their homes

Buller District Council says it's received a letter from AA Insurance, advising it's temporarily halting new property policies because of the high flood-risk. Regional Council Chief Executive Darryl ...