Commercial owners offered green cover

It’s been developed by insurance broker Apex General in partnership with NZI.

Apex general manager James McGhie said: “We have spoken to some of our most valuable customers who have told us that many business owners will actually choose to have more sustainable and environmentally-friendly premises if given a chance to rebuild. Green building materials can cost more initially, so we have made sure that the limit on this policy are double those available to others.”

Policy premiums are the same as a normal insurance policy.

McGhie said that up to 70% of the NZI clients who had been offered the product had taken it up.