Workers’ comp eludes footballers
26 July 2005
Workers’ compensation will not be available to Victorian footballers while training or playing football, despite a recent court ruling…
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Peter Corrigan award winner announced
26 July 2005
Nada Adams, an insurance manager at GlaxoSmithKline in Melbourne, and Dinh Thi Minh Khue, a senior account executive at Aon Vietnam, have been named the winners…
New code wins a warm reception
19 July 2005
It’s taken a long time, but the new General Insurance Code of Practice is here at last…
Victorian businesses slugged with more insurance tax
19 July 2005
The Victorian Government has introduced yet another piece of legislation which will impact on the industry and business policyholders by playing games with the fire services levy…
Drug driving: will insurers pay?
19 July 2005
Victorian police have been shocked by the number of motorists who have tested positive to drug driving in the first six months of Victoria’s random drug-testing program…
NRMA tender service has smash repairers divided
19 July 2005
NRMA Insurance has extended its online tender-based vehicle repair service to NSW, much to the chagrin of the smash repairer industry…
A year of relative calm
19 July 2005
The past 12 months have been a period of relative calm for the industry after the external shocks to the insurance system of the previous three years…
Insurers return fire against lawyer snipers
12 July 2005
They took their time, but insurance industry leaders have at last hit back at the bitter anti-tort reform campaign being mounted by lawyers around the country…
Funders set to merge
12 July 2005
The premium funding market is hotting up with the announcement this morning of a merger decision by finance companies Centrepoint and Alliance…
Grow understanding, says IAG’s Brown
12 July 2005
IAG Deputy CEO Ian Brown says while the industry has a responsibility to keep costs low for consumers, it’s also important for consumers to understand the market better…
CGU launches housing indemnity cover in Tasmania
12 July 2005
CGU Insurance has moved into Tasmania’s housing indemnity insurance market, giving builders more options in the state. State Manager Jo Mason says all builders who had access to…
ASIC’s report stirs NIBA retort
05 July 2005
Differences of opinion flew on Friday as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission released a relatively benign report into broker/insurer remuneration…
Report worries risk managers
05 July 2005
Risk Management Institution of Australasia President Brad Greer says the ASIC report into broker remuneration has uncovered some practices that need to be more closely scrutinised…
New finance industry council formed
05 July 2005
An Australian financial services council has been formed in a bid to address pressing international and domestic issues affecting providers of financial services…
Storms trigger $6 million damages bill
05 July 2005
Storms that ravaged the north coast of NSW and southern areas of the Gold Coast last week could land the insurance industry with a bill of up to $6 million…
Auto industry takes on IAG
05 July 2005
The automotive industry and the insurance industry have always had a strained relationship, so it’s no big surprise that the auto industry has decided to challenge the insurance industry…
HIH creditors face payout delay
05 July 2005
Creditors of HIH may have to wait a year longer for their payouts following delays in implementing a scheme that would allow liquidator Tony McGrath…
Industry needs to restore consumer confidence, says Deloitte
28 June 2005
Restoring confidence in the insurance industry in the wake of the Spitzer enquiries will be the No 1 global issue for insurers this year, according to Deloitte’s annual examination…
Long-term care pulling hairs?
28 June 2005
The NSW Government – which is recognised as the one that got the personal injury tort reform ball rolling – has released a discussion paper on Premier Bob Carr’s proposal…
Lawyers keep beating tort reform drum
28 June 2005
Just as the NSW Government has developed a scheme to assist the catastrophically injured, a parliamentary committee has held its fourth public hearing into issues…