Medical indemnity merger complete
29 May 2007
A Federal Court ruling has cleared the way for the merger of United Medical Protection and the Medical Defence Association of Victoria…
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Building permits may be invalid
29 May 2007
Thousands of property owners in Victoria may have been issued with invalid building permits, rendering their assets uninsurable and their homes illegally occupied…
National car theft down
29 May 2007
Vehicle thefts have fallen for the ninth consecutive quarter, and more than 70% of stolen cars are being recovered…
Vero sponsors young professional award
29 May 2007
Vero has been announced as the major sponsor of the redesigned NIBA Young Professional of the Year Award…
Industry slams CTP ‘cure’ for street racing
29 May 2007
The New Zealand Government is pushing to introduce compulsory third party insurance in a bid to stop reckless driving, but the insurance industry has slammed the plans…
Take AIMS: Austbrokers and IBNA to unify brands
22 May 2007
Cluster groups IBNA and Austbrokers have formed a joint company, Austbrokers & IBNA Member Services…
Suncorp’s ‘green slip’ challenge to IAG
22 May 2007
IAG has lost ground in the NSW compulsory third party insurance sector as Suncorp’s twin brands AAMI and GIO inch closer to its chief rival…
DOFI ‘devil in the detail’
22 May 2007
The Underwriting Agencies Council has cautiously welcomed the Federal Government’s proposals on how it will regulate direct offshore foreign insurers…
Workers’ comp relief for WA
22 May 2007
Workers’ compensation premiums in WA will fall by an average 12.7% from next month…
QBE contests $45 million claim
22 May 2007
The difference between extracting gold and extracting money from an insurer has become painfully clear to Tasmanian miner Beaconsfield Gold…
Emerging options in political hotspots
22 May 2007
Australian businesses are tapping into the emerging markets of South-east Asia and Africa…
Regulation top of risk list
22 May 2007
Corporate governance remains the top risk concern for Australian and NZ companies, according to a trans-Tasman survey of risk attitudes…
Bermudian DOFI seeks APRA licence
15 May 2007
Giant Bermuda-based insurer Axis is keen to gain a licence from the prudential regulator following the Federal Treasury’s decision to regulate direct offshore foreign insurers…
Consumers blind to insurance taxes
15 May 2007
Most Australians are unaware of the amount of state-based taxes on insurance policies, according to new research…
Budget fails on climate change: actuaries
15 May 2007
The Federal Government has not done enough to understand and act on the economic costs and responses to climate change in its 2007 Budget, actuaries have warned…
CGT rules short-change insurers
15 May 2007
Tax changes announced in the Federal Budget will affect insurance companies that have already settled their capital gains tax liabilities…
Drivers reflecting on vanity
15 May 2007
There are some weird surveys that come out these days, but few are as strange as an NRMA survey which finds more than a quarter of men admit to “preening” themselves while driving…
Risky games show up on road
15 May 2007
And now comes research which shows that playing computer games involving car races increases risk-taking behaviour in critical road traffic situations…
New Zealand captives may rise
15 May 2007
The New Zealand insurance market needs to develop a captive insurance industry to help expand its service industries, says Aon NZ Risk Consultant Jim Routledge…
DOFIs to play by home rules
08 May 2007
After much delay the Federal Government has ruled it will put direct offshore foreign insurers under the same scrutiny as local insurers…