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    Skyrocketing insurance costs mean some Kiwis are dropping their cover

    Skyrocketing insurance costs mean some Kiwis are dropping their cover

    27 August 2025
    A Consumer NZ report finds the cost of house insurance has increased by more than 900-percent since the year 2000.

    17-percent of Kiwis are going without insurance as a result.

    Insurance Council Chief Executive Kris Faafoi says this is partly down to an increase in natural disasters and weather events.

    He says these increase reinsurance costs and premiums.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity


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