NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

This is the final weekly edition of insuranceNEWS.com.au for 2017. We will return on Monday, January 29. During the break major issues and events will be covered by our Breaking News service.

insuranceNEWS.com.au has more than 25,000 subscribers and continues to be the leading source of news and information for the industry in Australia and New Zealand. With the articles in today’s bulletin included, we have published 2366 news articles this year – 48 of them Breaking News.

If you’re one of the 332,649 unique visitors we’ve welcomed to our free service this year, we encourage you to support the companies that support us – because without our sponsors we couldn’t do what we do.

The editorial and support teams at insuranceNEWS.com.au join me in wishing you a happy and relaxed festive season. Stay safe.

Terry McMullan
Publisher