IBANZ gets new CEO
08 February 2005
Management executive Denis Orme has been elected Chief Executive of the insurance brokers’ peak body in New Zealand…
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No let-up in tort retorts
08 February 2005
The slanging match continues between insurers and lawyers as the personal injury and compensation tort reform battle rages…
Zurich chief on ICA Board
08 February 2005
Zurich Financial Services Australia CEO Tom Brown has been appointed to the board of ICA to fill a casual vacancy…
Whitlam seeks damages
08 February 2005
Former IAG Chairman Nicholas Whitlam has begun legal action against the insurer seeking payment beyond his retirement benefit…
Builders’ warranty rules – but not OK
01 February 2005
Vero Warranty – Australia’s largest provider of builders’ warranty cover – has eased its eligibility rules…
Tsunami: big death toll, minor insurance bill
01 February 2005
Despite killing at least 286,000 people and devastating many lives and economies, the Boxing Day tsunami didn’t cost insurers much at all…
Liquidation plans halted
01 February 2005
The Medical Research and Compensation Foundation has shelved its liquidation plans, securing the future of compensation for asbestos victims…
The fight against fire
01 February 2005
Bushfire education should be compulsory in schools, volunteer fire-fighters should be compensated for out-of-pocket expenses and insurers should focus on learning, not blame…
Grellman to assist with code
01 February 2005
The Insurance Council of Australia has appointed NSW Motor Accidents Authority Chairman Richard Grellman to assist in the next stage of consolidation of the…
Insurers in tort reform battle
01 February 2005
Lawyers losing business because of tort reform say insurers aren’t passing on the savings to policyholders…
HIH: the story continues
01 February 2005
The HIH saga continues this year with several of the major figures in the case popping up again. Rodney Adler and Brad Cooper will face court again and Ray Williams will be sentenced…
Insurance review now 'touch dry'
01 February 2005
It’s may be as exciting as watching paint dry – and no semi-gloss would take as long – but the second phase of the review into the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 has finally been released…
ICA pushes tax reform
14 December 2004
The Insurance Council of Australia says it’s time the Federal Government stood up and took some notice on tax reform, a long-running issue for the industry and buyers of insurance…
Brokers rate No 1 concern
14 December 2004
Underinsurance, the Financial Services Reform Act and the Insurance Contracts Act are among the most important issues for brokers…
New Chairman for IBNA
14 December 2004
National broking cluster group IBNA has appointed board member John Clark as Chairman. Former Chairman Gary Gribbin has assumed the role of deputy…
Insurers unworried by storms
14 December 2004
Damage caused by storms which hit the South Australian town of Murray Bridge at the weekend is likely to cost insurers about $3 million…
Media reports hit out at brokers
07 December 2004
Most media outlets reporting last week’s Australian Securities and Investments Commission investigation into broker remuneration and commissions took the opportunity…
Bushfires a waiting game
07 December 2004
Bushfires are likely to strike in the first three months of next year rather than over the Christmas season, according to the Insurance Disaster Response Organisation…
Asbestos payments safe – for now
07 December 2004
During last week’s court hearing to apply for liquidation, the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation…
At last, IEC becomes the ombudsman
07 December 2004
After years of calls from consumer interests to make its services more accessible by adopting a more recognisable name, Insurance Enquiries and Complaints Ltd…