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QBE vs dual-nz — Employers liability
NZ's Accident Compensation Act bars most employer claims for accidental workplace injury — ACC absorbs them. Employers Liability fills the gap for gradual-process bodily injury (stress, occupational disease, asbestos) that ACC does not cover.
QBE
QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited (NZ branch)
Wording on file: QBE Employers Liability
Effective: 2022-11-01
Tier D (blocked) FCIB panel
dual-nz
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Not on file — request latest wording from dual-nz via FCIB.
Side-by-side fact comparison
Each row is a fact-key from the Employers liability wording. "Not on file" means either the wording doesn't address that fact, or Phase C structured-facts extraction hasn't been run yet on this insurer's wording.
| Fact | QBE | dual-nz |
|---|---|---|
| limit of indemnity options | Not on file | Not on file |
| gradual process handling | Not on file | Not on file |
| acc interaction | Cover A applies where Personal Injury was not a Personal Injury for which coverage is determined to exist under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 or any preceding, amending or replacement legislation. Cover B applies where Personal Injury was a Personal Injury for which coverage is determined to exist under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 or any preceding, amending or replacement legislation, covering Punitive or Exemplary Damages only. Cover A excludes any Personal Injury for which cover to any extent is provided by the Accident Compensation Act 2001, or would be so provided if the Insured were not an exempt employer, or would have been so provided had a claim been lodged under such legislation. | Not on file |
| territory | Personal Injury in New Zealand that arose out of, or in the course of such Employee's employment in the Business | Not on file |
| jurisdiction | This insurance shall be governed by the laws of New Zealand whose courts shall have jurisdiction in any dispute arising hereunder. | Not on file |
| key exclusions | [ "Any Personal Injury suffered by an Employee for which cover to any extent is provided by the Accident Compensation Act 2001 or any preceding, amending or replacement legislation (Cover A exclusion 1)", "Any Claim seeking aggravated, punitive, or exemplary damages (Cover A exclusion 2)", "Any Claim as a result of wilfully intentional or deliberate conduct of the Insured which it knew, or should have known, could cause injury to any Employee (Cover A exclusion 3)", "Any Claim resulting from, or contributed to by, any dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or malicious act or omission of the Insured (Cover A exclusion 4)", "Any Claim arising out of failure to comply with any improvement, prohibition or suspension notice under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (Cover A exclusion 5)", "Any Claim in respect of Personal Injury which would not be eligible for cover under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (Cover B exclusion 1)", "Any Claim seeking any relief other than Punitive or Exemplary Damages (Cover B exclusion 2)", "Any Claim caused by wilfully reckless and/or contumelious conduct of the Insured (Cover B exclusion 3)", "Any Claim arising out of wilfully reckless omission to comply with any improvement, prohibition or suspension notice under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (Cover B exclusion 4)", "Any Damages sought or awarded pursuant to a cause of action pleading or alleging trespass to the person, assault, battery, false imprisonment, intentional physical harm, malicious prosecution, sexual harassment or sexual abuse (General Exclusion 1)", "Any Claim as a result of the Insured directing an Employee to undertake activities otherwise than in the course of, or in connection with the usual activities of the Insured's Business (General Exclusion 2)", "Any Claim arising out of any event, circumstances or accident that occurred prior to the Retroactive Date (General Exclusion 3)", "Any liability under any judgment entered in any court other than a New Zealand court (General Exclusion 4)", "Any Claim arising from any event of which the Insured had become aware prior to the inception of the Period of Insurance and which a reasonable person would have considered may give rise to a Claim (General Exclusion 5)", "Any Claim in respect of losses directly or indirectly arising out of, resulting from or in consequence of, or in any way involving, asbestos or any materials containing asbestos in whatever form or quantity (General Exclusion 6)", "Any loss directly or indirectly caused by, resulting from or in connection with any Act of Terrorism (General Exclusion 7)", "Any loss where a Claim payment would breach any sanction, prohibition or restriction under United Nations resolutions or the trade or economic sanctions, laws or regulation of any country (General Exclusion 8)" ] | Not on file |
| hswa handling | Cover A excludes any Claim as a result of an Employee sustaining Personal Injury which arose out of the failure by the Insured to comply with any improvement, prohibition or suspension notice issued to the Insured or its Employees under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Cover B excludes any Claim as a result of an Employee sustaining Personal Injury which arose out of the wilfully reckless omission of the Insured to comply with any improvement, prohibition or suspension notice issued to the Insured under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. | Not on file |
| excess default | The Excess specified in the Policy Schedule shall be borne by the Insured, uninsured and at its own risk, in respect of each and every Claim under this Policy. QBE's liability shall be in excess of this amount. | Not on file |
| aggregation basis | QBE's maximum liability during any one Period of Insurance for all Claims under Operative Clause 1 is limited to the Limit of Indemnity specified in the Policy Schedule, irrespective of the number of Claims made; or the number of Personal Injuries sustained; or whether indemnity is granted for Claims under either or both Cover A or Cover B of this Policy. | Not on file |
| claims made trigger | the Claim against the Insured was first made during the Period of Insurance; and the Claim was immediately notified in writing to QBE by the Insured during the Period of Insurance or within twenty-one (21) days of expiry, time being of the essence; and the Personal Injury arose out of an event, circumstance, accident or happening which occurred subsequent to the Retroactive Date and before the expiry of the Period of Insurance. | Not on file |
| automatic extensions | [ "Legal Costs and Expenses in addition to the Limit of Indemnity, in an amount equivalent to the Limit of Indemnity or NZD 1,000,000 whichever is the lesser (Limits of Indemnity clause 2)", "Where notice of a Claim is given during the Period of Insurance and an Employee makes further or different Claims in a subsequent period arising from the same event, all such additional claims are treated as if made in the Period of Insurance in which the first notice was originally given (Limits of Indemnity clause 3)", "Goods and Services Tax: where the Insured is liable to pay tax under section 5(13) of the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 upon receiving any indemnity payment, QBE will indemnify the Insured for the cost of that tax, in addition to the Limit of Indemnity (General Condition 11)", "Circumstances Notified: provided notice has been given to QBE prior to expiration of the Period of Insurance, any Claim arising from the circumstances thus notified which is subsequently made after expiration shall be deemed to have been made and notified during the currency of this Policy (General Condition 6)" ] | Not on file |
| run off availability | If QBE refuses to renew this Policy, the Insured may, upon payment of an additional premium of fifty per cent (50%) of the full annual premium payable for the expiring Period of Insurance, extend the cover under this Policy for a further twelve (12) months from the date of expiry, but only in respect of any Claims arising out of any Personal Injury which occurred before such expiry. This option to extend the Policy must be notified in writing to QBE within thirty (30) days of the Policy expiring. | Not on file |
| retroactive date handling | The Retroactive Date means the date specified as such in the Policy Schedule. Any Claim as a result of an Employee sustaining Personal Injury that arose out of any event, circumstances or accident that occurred prior to the Retroactive Date is excluded under General Exclusions clause 3. | Not on file |
| occurrence basis vs claims made | claims_made | Not on file |
| defence costs in or outside limit | outside_limit | Not on file |