Monday, 12 July 2021, 11:54 am
Allianz Partners and Mercer Marsh Benefits today
announced that they have extended their collaboration on the
Insurancesafe portfolio of medical and travel insurance.
Insurancesafe provides cover for students and workers,
including international students and seasonal
workers.
Together, Allianz Partners and Mercer
Marsh Benefits will continue to develop and deliver
innovation across a number of insurance products and
services, including mental health and telehealth solutions.
Additionally, the two companies will continue working with
the New Zealand education sector and exploring new channels
including reaching inbound travellers at their country of
origin.
Kevin Blyth, Allianz Partners Chief
Executive Officer, says the continued alliance will enable
Monday, 12 July 2021, 11:10 am
Mental health advocate and I AM HOPE founder Mike King
says New Zealanders need to pitch in a second Gumboot Friday
this year, to raise adequate funds for young people’s free
counselling in New Zealand.
Due to Gumboot Friday’s
incredible growth, the $943,000 raised in this year’s
Gumboot Friday campaign will only last for three months of
counselling services paid for by the charity.
Mike
King says while he’s grateful to every New Zealander that
played their part, he is worried for the future of young
people who need help, when these funds run out.
Monday, 12 July 2021, 1:58 pm
[July 12, 2021 – Hong Kong SAR]
Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific has added
three airports from the Maldives, New Zealand and Vietnam to
its membership. The association’s membership now stands at
122 members operating 609 airports in 49 countries/ areas.
The China-based Air Transport Institute joins as an
associate member.
“Our association’s advocacy work
and portfolio of safety, security, health, and environment
programmes and extensive repository of content and guidance
material hold wide appeal to airports and organizations
across the region who are ramping up for post-pandemic
sustainable growth,” said Stefano Baronci, Director
General, ACI Asia-Pacific. “We warmly welcome our new
Monday, 12 July 2021, 12:01 pm
Contact Energy (Contact) now has New Zealand’s largest
group of Sustainability Linked Loans (SLLs) after converting
its remaining NZD$305m of bank facilities to
SLLs.
This conversion takes its current ANZ ($65m),
BNZ ($50m), CBA ($60m), CCB ($60m) and Mizuho ($70m)
facilities and converts them to an SLL with each bank. These
will be governed by the same framework as Contact’s
existing SLLs with Westpac ($50m) and MUFG ($75m).
Contact’s total SLLs now amount to NZD$430m, which is the
largest in New Zealand.
A form of sustainable finance,
SLLs are growing in popularity in New Zealand and globally.
Monday, 12 July 2021, 12:58 pm
There are no cases of COVID-19 to report in the
community in New Zealand today.
There is one new case
of COVID-19 to report in recent returnees in a managed
isolation facility since the Ministry’s last update
yesterday.
Two previously reported cases have now
recovered and the number of active cases in New Zealand is
33.
Two previously reported cases, from 5 July, have
now been deemed as historical.
Since 1 January 2021,
there have been 87 historical cases, out of a total of 596
cases.
The seven-day rolling average of new cases
detected at the border is one.
Our total number of