SA moves to thwart Comcare defections
02 August 2005
The Federal Government will ask the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to investigate whether the states are taking liberties with the law…
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Motorists group may set up insurer
02 August 2005
Members of the Sydney-based Motorists Action Group, once one of the major forces in the hopelessly factionalised NRMA before the insurer and road services group…
EQC kicks off earthquake education campaign
02 August 2005
The NZ Earthquake Commission has enlisted ad agency M&C Saatchi to create a campaign to educate the public about what to do before, during and after an earthquake…
QBE scores on awards night
02 August 2005
Awards season continued apace last week, with the Charlton publishing group dishing up a decent helping on behalf of its Australian Banking and Finance publication…
NIBA calls for nominations
02 August 2005
Meanwhile, NIBA has put out its annual call for brokers to nominate their choice as the country’s best general insurer…
Wilkins is ANZIIF’s ‘personality of the year’
26 July 2005
Promina MD and CEO Mike Wilkins has been named the insurance industry’s “personality of the year” at last night’s Australian and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards…
Code still to be discussed with ASIC
26 July 2005
The general insurance industry’s new code of practice still hasn’t been ratified by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and it would probably need surgery…
Victoria reveals flooding exposure
26 July 2005
At least 37,000 houses across Melbourne could be flooded above floor level in a repeat of freak storms that swept across the city in late 2003 and early 2004…
No solution for FICS’ legal challenges
26 July 2005
Attempts by the Financial Industry Complaints Service to make members responsible for its costs in the event of judicial reviews have been knocked back by members…
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…
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…