GSI Insurance

Insurance should protect your business today, but it should also look to the future. When we discuss insurance with our clients, we don't just think about the risks your business faces now.

We want to hear about your long-term plans, growth strategies, and eventual exit or succession planning. By taking a longer view, we can make sure the solutions we recommend today don't hobble where your business can go tomorrow.

We're looking forward to catching up with clients and industry partners at next week's Survey and Spatial New Zealand conference, at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland.

As a Diamond Partner of S+SNZ, we've spent years developing insurance solutions that meet the ever-evolving needs of the industry. If you're at the conference, come and say hi - and bring us your insurance questions! We're always happy to share our experience, regardless of where you get your insurance.

Material Damage cover protects the physical assets that keep your business running (like buildings, stock, plant, and equipment).

As economic conditions change, it's worth revisiting your Material Damage policy; if the replacement cost of your equipment has risen, it makes sense to check that your policy covers the current cost of replacement.

If you've got any questions about your cover, give us a call on 0800 555 474.

Domestic broker Geraldine Grebenar has over 20 years of insurance experience across a range of roles, from claims to underwriting. This broad experience has given Geraldine a nuanced understanding of the industry, which she uses to deliver best-in-class cover solutions for her clients.

Thanks for all of your work, Geraldine - it's a pleasure to have you as part of the team.

What does business insurance protect? For most people, the first thing to come to mind is tangible assets: stock, vehicles, revenue.

Professional Indemnity cover is different, because there's no physical object to protect. Instead, this cover insures businesses against the consequences of making a mistake when providing advice, ideas, or designs.

If a client claims that an oversight or error in your work has impacted them, a well-constructed PI policy can help to cover your legal defence costs, and may also cover compensatory damages.

We've been proud partners of the survey and spatial industry for over a decade, and are excited to introduce our latest industry-specific solution: specialist cover for Hydrographic Surveying USV units.

🔹 Cover on water and on land, so your unit is protected whether operating, stored, or in transit.
🔹 Fills the gap standard policies miss, by covering watercraft typically excluded under Material Damage policies.
🔹 Specifically designed for USVs & hydrographic surveying equipment.
🔹 Liability Cover included.

You won't find this cover anywhere else, so if you're using USV units, or considering adding them to your operation, give us a call.

The Apache USV range (pictured) is available from our friends at Global Survey.

Our CEO, Matt Naylor, has spent 25 years in the insurance industry, across underwriting, claims, and broking roles. It's a diverse career that has given Matt a unique perspective on the industry, and well-honed expertise in developing thoughtful, commercially considered insurance solutions.

"Being an insurance partner who's easy to work with, providing tailored solutions, educating our clients and making the process as painless as possible is at the heart of GSI's business," Matt says. "I enjoy the variety of my role, and the opportunity to meet new people is what keeps it fresh."

We're fortunate to have Matt at the helm.

If you use AI tools in your business, it's worth having a chat to your insurance broker. While AI can be great for productivity, it can also introduce new areas of risk - especially for service-based businesses bringing AI tools into their research or analysis process.

If your broker knows how your business uses AI, we can advise you about any potential risks or limitations. Get in touch: https://gsi.nz/contact-gsi

No call centre, no hold music, no wasted time. Making an insurance claim is never fun, but we try to remove as much of the hassle as possible.

When our clients need to make a claim, the first step is calling their broker - who already knows their business and cover, which saves a lot of time and frustration upfront. The broker hands over to our experienced claims team, who talk through the next steps, work with the insurer, and get the paperwork sorted professionally and efficiently.

When business operations change, risk changes too. For evolving businesses, or businesses in fast-moving industries, that means the policies that protected you five years ago may not be the best fit today.

That's where we come in. As our clients' industries evolve, our cover solutions evolve alongside them.

Our brokers stay up to date with all of the available insurance options, so we can always recommend the best-fit product. If there's no suitable product on the market, we work with the underwriters to develop a custom solution that properly protects your business.