Allianz supports vehicle recycling
28 June 2005
Worried about someone sidling up to you at an auction for written-off vehicles and quietly suggesting the Commodore coming up for bid next might cost you your kneecaps…
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Adler faces new jail charges
28 June 2005
Evidence last week that former HIH director Rodney Adler was conducting business from his Sydney prison cell has already seen him moved to another higher-security prison…
Inmate acts as Williams’ bodyguard
28 June 2005
Meanwhile, former HIH CEO Ray Williams has been cautioned by warders at NSW’s Cessnock jail for trying to use another prisoner as his personal bodyguard…
James Hardie fund sees more negotiations
28 June 2005
Finalisation of the James Hardie asbestos compensation fund has been set back yet again, despite the NSW Government taking the first legislative step…
Adler disguises business as ‘homework’
21 June 2005
Former HIH Insurance director Rodney Adler is being punished by prison authorities for allegedly trying to run businesses from his cell after only eight weeks…
Good times over for the truck insurance market
21 June 2005
Truck insurer National Transport Insurance says there will be an increase in heavy motor claims for the second half of this year, with the favourable claims environment now over…
NZ market weathering trying conditions
21 June 2005
Reports that bad weather conditions and rising building costs are going to impact the profits of NZ insurers are spot on, according to the Insurance Council of New Zealand…
Dogs won’t lower premiums
21 June 2005
Victorian Police Minister Tim Holding’s comments that people with dogs should get lower insurance premiums misses the point about how premiums should be lowered…
Nothing new in silicosis alarm
21 June 2005
An enquiry being pushed for by Liberal Senator Gary Humphries and Democrats leader Lyn Allison into the effects of silicosis wouldn’t turn up anything new or alarming…
Tweed turns attention to Axa
21 June 2005
Following recent attempts to purchase IAG shares, Melbourne stock market raider David Tweed has been making offers to Axa Asia Pacific Holdings investors…
We’re not for sale, says Zurich
15 June 2005
Zurich Financial Services Australia has fiercely denied rumours it is up for sale, saying it’s one of the Swiss insurer’s best performing businesses outside the US and UK…
How much consolidation is too much?
15 June 2005
Increased merger and acquisition talk has prompted industry observers to question how much more industry consolidation needs to occur…
ICA report ups the ante on tort reform debate
15 June 2005
The Law Council of Australia report which criticised insurers’ returns on capital has been challenged by an independent actuarial report commissioned…
Report shows medical indemnity stabilising
15 June 2005
Medical indemnity premiums and claims trends stabilised last year, according to a report by the Medical Indemnity Industry Association of Australia…
No alarm equals no cover
15 June 2005
The NSW State Government is contemplating introducing measures that will see houses without smoke alarms unable to get home insurance cover…
Tax the new thorn in James Hardie’s side
15 June 2005
Tax appears to be the latest hurdle for James Hardie as it attempts to confront its asbestos liabilities…
Lawyers’ tort reform comments ‘rubbish’
07 June 2005
A Law Council of Australia report which says industry profits are at a 10-year high has added fire to the tort reform battle, with the lawyers once again pushing for more compensation…
Flood data won’t hurt policyholders, says ICA
07 June 2005
Residents of Bowral in the Southern Highlands of NSW have voiced concerns that new floodplain data will make them uninsurable, but ICA says it’s unlikely the residents’ policies…
More insurance options for renovators
07 June 2005
CGU Insurance has begun offering owner-builder insurance for NSW and Victorian residents…
Tweed targets IAG
07 June 2005
Melbourne stock market raider David Tweed has purchased a copy of IAG’s share register and is believed to be considering making an unsolicited share offer…