Adler may face more charges
20 August 2002
Will former FAI MD and prominent HIH Royal Commission figure Rodney Adler face more charges over statements related to HIH share dealings…
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ICA stands by its call for uniformity
13 August 2002
ICA’s dream of a uniform approach to law reform across the Commonwealth, states and territories is slipping away…
Williams must share the blame, says Hogg
13 August 2002
Ray Williams’ appearance before the HIH Royal Commission has been eagerly awaited…
Liquidator denies trouble in meeting deadline
13 August 2002
The provisional liquidator of failed medical insurer UMP is not facing huge troubles in developing a solution to restructure the insurer before the end of the year…
Gold Seal products available for purchase online
13 August 2002
Major broker assistance group Gold Seal has now released most of its products online…
… and ANZIIF goes online
13 August 2002
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has introduced online services with its new InSITE Learning initiative…
R&SA critique raises a broker storm
06 August 2002
Claims by the GM of a Royal & SunAlliance subsidiary that “brokers by and large had failed to deliver for small business” have provoked a sharp reaction from NIBA…
Be patient, minister tells NSW doctors
06 August 2002
The problems in public liability and professional indemnity have affected a wide range of businesses and professions, but the medical profession still seems to think it’s special…
Tougher regulation? It’s here already
30 July 2002
One real problem in linking the insurance industry with calls for tort reform is that too many people (some of whom should know better) see the whole thing as manipulation…
They missed the mark, says ICA
30 July 2002
Not surprisingly, the industry felt the need to defend itself against the comments of the attorneys-general. ICA Executive Director Alan Mason said the states’ law leaders…
Alan Jones comments
30 July 2002
The insurers know they must resist all suggestions of dishonesty, because the price of relaxing their defences will be a legislative reaction of some sort…
Farmers crippled by insurance costs want further Government action
30 July 2002
Rural communities are another insurance hotspot the industry should be considering carefully…
VECCI survey shows PL rates rose more after June
30 July 2002
Victoria’s major employer body has reported what everyone knew by July 1: that insurance is a lot more expensive than it was 12 months ago…
AMA turns on insurers in its call for a no-sue system
23 July 2002
But for its determination to be nasty, the Australian Medical Association might have found insurers jumping on its bandwagon to abolish people’s rights to sue doctors for personal injury…
ALP backs a national compensation scheme
23 July 2002
The Federal Opposition is a good example of the AMA’s influence…
AMA survey shows doctors are reducing services
23 July 2002
A survey by the AMA has found that one in four GPs are cutting back services due to the medical indemnity crisis…
WA joins the reform rush
23 July 2002
The WA Government is following other states in tort reform, announcing plans to introduce a threshold for general damages, caps on economic loss and regulation of advertising…
Marsh wants terror levy review
16 July 2002
Companies who want to adequately protect their assets from the threat of terrorism are paying double the state taxes and levies imposed on commercial property insurance…
Carr calls for personal responsibility
16 July 2002
NSW Premier Bob Carr will introduce the Personal Responsibility Bill, which will set the limits of the law of negligence, in September…
Well, is it a crisis or not?
16 July 2002
On the same day that Bob Carr was planning his liability reforms and APRA was telling a Senate committee insurers still aren’t charging enough, Victoria’s Attorney-General…