Thursday, 28 August 2025
What Stage is the Bill at?
- Review the latest developments in the Insurance Contracts Bill, key regulatory requirements that insurers will need to adapt to
- The new disclosure requirements under the Bill and how they differ from existing obligations
- Strategies for insurers to ensure compliance with the new regulations, including potential timelines for implementation
Presented by Catriona Grover, Partner, Financial Markets, Dentons
Learning Objectives:
- Analyse the latest developments in the Insurance Contracts Bill and their implications for insurers and intermediaries
- Identify strategies to manage disclosure obligations, compliance requirements, and the transition to implementation
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Opening Comments by the Chair
*Original Content was created in October 2024
Chair
Jane Brown, New Zealand Financial Markets Authority
Presenters
Catriona Grover, Partner, Financial Markets, DentonsCatriona is a partner in our Financial Services team with more than 20 years’ experience. She specializes in investment funds, insurance, financial adviser arrangements, fintech and financial services regulation. Catriona provides advice on all aspects of the Financial Markets Conduct Act including licensing, establishment of managed investment schemes, disclosure documentation and ongoing compliance. Catriona advises insurance clients in relation to insurance policy and marketing documentation, adviser and distribution agreements and governance processes with a focus on conduct and culture. She also advises on the design, implementation and regulation of new fintech products and services including cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Catriona is at the forefront of financial services reforms including the current financial advice provider licensing framework, conduct licensing for financial institutions, climate reporting disclosures and the Insurance Contracts Bill. Catriona works with many of New Zealand’s leading fund managers, banks and insurance companies as well as a range of smaller and boutique companies. Catriona’s experience in the financial services sector brings a depth of knowledge and awareness of industry practice to her clients. Her advice is tailored to take into account a client’s specific circumstances and offers clear and practical answers.
Jane Brown, Head of Insurance, New Zealand Financial Markets Authority
Jane is Head of Insurance at the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority/Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko. Jane worked in local government insurance, with a focus on covering professional liability risks and underground infrastructure. Jane has an LLM (Hons), a BA majoring in French, is a Senior Associate of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance and is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
