Peter Stone

Director/Insurance Adviser

Peter started in the insurance industry in 2004 with a global broking firm, since then he has held a number of client focussed roles from SME broking to corporate and claims, always advocating to his clients best interest.

Peter has gained complex experience in the industry and has a strong focus on client outcomes from the outset of cover advice, through to ensuring his clients get effective claims settlements. He enjoys getting to know his customers and their business in detail to provide advice and match requirements with cover that works!

In his time away from work, he can be found running around after his four boys, dreaming of more travel or trying to escape for the ski field.

Olivia Stone

Director

Olivia entered the insurance industry in 2010 with one of New Zealand’s largest locally owned broker firms before transferring her skills to underwriting with a top 3 insurer. Olivia loves getting to know people and their businesses to provide complete risk solutions while building lasting, personal relationships.

Olivia has studied through the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance and is undergoing continuing her professional development through the IBANZ college.

Outside of work you can find Olivia ‘trying’ to whip up a delicious vegetarian meal, at the gym working off her love of carbs or answering the question “why” for the eleventy-bajillionth time while running around after her four boys.

Business Insurance
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Having adequate general insurance cover is one of the most fundamental parts of being in business, as it provides invaluable protection against a range of risk events – from equipment and assets to legal liability – reducing financial uncertainty and protecting your livelihood and that of your workforce. Insurance companies provide a wide variety of general business insurance policies so it’s essential to get the right one for your needs.

Professional Indemnity
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This specialised area of insurance covers liability arising from the ‘professional services’ provided by a business. Importantly, as the nature of modern business continues to change rapidly it’s no longer only for traditional occupations such as Engineers, Accountants, Doctors, Lawyers, Architects and Insurance Brokers.

Directors & Officers / Management Liability Insurance

If you have a small to medium sized private company, you could be protected by a policy that covers claims from a wide range of management liabilities, such as; directors and officers liability, company reimbursement, company liability and employment practice liability.

Property Insurance
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A must if you have one or more business premises, property insurance provides financial protection in the event they are damaged or destroyed in a one-off event.

Motor Insurance / Commercial / Heavy Motor Insurance

One of the more common types of business cover, motor/vehicle insurance protects your business fleet against costs arising from theft and accidents. Your policy can be tailored to include a range of commercial vehicles from cars and motorbikes to vans, trucks and even buses and heavy motor vehicles.

Home & Contents Insurance
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For most New Zealanders the family home is the largest asset they’ll ever own. This means it’s essential to protect it now with the right insurance cover. After all, no one wants to discover they’re inadequately insured when it’s too late.

Cyber Insurance

In the past two decades the global proliferation of digital technology, and unscrupulous figures seeking to exploit it, has seen cyber risk become one of the leading risk factors for businesses.

Business Interruption Insurance

From your family and employees to customers and suppliers, there are a lot of people who are dependent on your business. Given this, have you ever considered what would happen if your were unable to operate due to crucial assets being damaged or destroyed by a major event like fire, flood, significant storm damage or an earthquake?

Marine & Hull Insurance

Marine insurance is designed to provide peace of mind, whether you have a pleasure craft that requires insurance or if you are moving cargo across water, land or air. Marine transit covers provides point-to-point coverage between your premises and those of your customers.

Plant & Equipment Insurance

If you have mobile plant and equipment, we can arrange to ensure this plant and equipment is properly insured to protect both the equipment but importantly also the liabilities associated with its use. This product is designed to cover the smallest earthmoving machine though to the largest fixed or mobile crane as examples. This product is designed to cover everything from the smallest of earthmoving machines though to the largest fixed or mobile cranes – and everything in between.

Body Corporate Insurance

Body Corporate Insurance offers you peace of mind by providing liability cover in the event people are injured on common property. Typically it includes cover for lifts, pools, car parks, stairwells, gardens, wiring, balconies, walls, windows, ceilings and floors.

Contract Works Insurance

You need contract works insurance in place before a peg is put into the ground. Many things can go wrong where building works are involved, whether that be at excavation or even completion stage of any project. This insurance is designed specially to provide any physical damage as well as loss of building materials, fire and malicious damage.

Liability Insurance

Despite your best intentions sometimes accidents still happen. Today’s businesses are exposed to an ever-growing list of legal liabilities.

Rural Insurance

This insurance cover protects you against damage to farm buildings, contents, farm machinery, vehicles, as well as the many other assets required in your day-to-day operations.

Local Understanding. National Strength

Obsidian Insurance is proud to be a Member Broker of Insurance Advisernet New Zealand, a network of more than 200 advisers across New Zealand and Australia. Insurance Advisernet is a principal member of the Insurance Brokers Association of New Zealand Inc. and the largest member of the publicly listed AUB Group – one of the leading general broking groups in Australasia with over 450,000 clients. This relationship gives us access to unrivalled financial strength, business efficiencies and buying power that spans every major insurer in New Zealand and Australia, even access to major overseas insurers when required.