NSW workcover deficit keeps growing
15 April 2003
NSW Industrial Relations Minister John Della Bosca can claim some success in his battle to reduce the state’s workcover deficit…
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The banks are bad insurers
15 April 2003
Banks haven’t been able to make serious headway in Australian insurance because they’re reluctant underwriters, according to Suncorp CEO John Mulcahy…
Risk managers learn the art of ART
15 April 2003
Increasing premiums and higher deductibles are the cause of risk managers’ growing use of the alternative risk transfer market…
Baby Boomers doing it tough to find solid jobs
15 April 2003
Were you born between 1946 and 1964…?
Ebsworth & Ebsworth wins Insurance Practice of the Year
15 April 2003
Lawyers like to compete, and awards probably do mean something in real marketing terms…
Mobiles and driving don’t mix
15 April 2003
Everybody knows it’s unsafe, but…
Government to amend Trade Practices Act
08 April 2003
Cheers all round as the Federal Government succumbed to the pressure on Friday and agreed to amend the Trade Practices Act to enforce a national approach…
Queensland gets more negligence laws
08 April 2003
Queensland is getting a second batch of liability law reforms in a further bid to deal with public liability premiums…
Ask your insurer about SARS, says ICA
08 April 2003
Are insurance companies covering travellers against the possible impacts of severe acute respiratory syndrome…?
Brokers face overseas dilemma
08 April 2003
NIBA CEO Noel Pettersen has again warned that brokers are being forced to use unauthorised foreign insurers because their clients can’t get cover from local insurers…
Victoria agrees to inquiry extension
08 April 2003
Insurers and industry groups in Victoria have convinced the Government to extend the time limit for the fire services levy inquiry…
Don’t want ADR? Be careful…
08 April 2003
Australians who choose to litigate their commercial disputes rather than seeking settlements through alternative dispute resolution may soon be penalised for their decision…
Gold Coast boat thieves booming
08 April 2003
Queensland’s Gold Coast is the home of many superlatives, including being the best place in Australia to get your boat stolen…
Brokers accused of sneaky dealing over foreign insurers
01 April 2003
Journalist Mark Westfield mightn’t know much about the finer points of insurance, but he does have excellent contacts…
ICA wants review deadline extended
01 April 2003
The Victorian Government is rushing through its review of the fire services funding issue, and now the alliance of business groups which has forced the review is worrying…
HIH report due this week
01 April 2003
More than two years after HIH fell over, the report into the who, what, why, when and how of the insurer’s collapse will be laid bare on Friday…
Doctors get run-off relief
01 April 2003
The new Medical Indemnity Bill announced last week is intended to make it easier for medical practitioners to access affordable and adequate run-off cover…
PI costs hit rural consultants
01 April 2003
Agricultural consultants who carry out vital salinity testing and waste management for farmers are the latest professional group encountering difficulties in securing affordable PI cover…
APRA: PI crisis not insurers’ fault
25 March 2003
APRA has come out firmly on the side of professional indemnity insurers, insisting they have every right to refuse to handle losing business…
Damned if they do, and if they don’t…
25 March 2003
Brokers are being instructed by clients to secure liability cover at any cost, and if that means using unauthorised foreign insurers, then so be it…