The Insurance Council of Australia and Law Council were expected to present new submissions on the public liability debate to Victorian Government Treasury secretaries at a private two-day meeting that began in Melbourne yesterday.

ICA Group Manager, Southern Division, Peter Jamvold said the ICA planned to use the opportunity to elaborate on earlier submissions made by the insurers at last month’s public liability summit.

The submissions involve a radical rethink of how public liability claims are awarded, including a reform of insurance taxes and billing Medicare for payments for “pain and suffering” and reimbursements of medical costs. We’ll keep you posted on results.