Kaikoura earthquake claims reach NZ$900mn

Private insurers have received claims exceeding NZ$900mn
($654mn) from the Kaikoura earthquake which struck New Zealand in
November.
According to the Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ), the
total comprises more than 2,500 commercial material damage and
business interruption claims.
The figure does not include residential claims, the ICNZ said,
as it remains too early to indicate the number of claims which will
be notified to insurers by the 14 February deadline.
The Wellington region was th