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…
23 July 2002
The Federal Opposition is a good example of the AMA’s influence…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
16 July 2002
The collapse of New Cap Re in 1998 is having its sequel in the NSW Supreme Court, where parties to the company’s float are being sued by six investors who lost money…
09 July 2002
Insurers are getting tough with legislators as state governments drag their heels on tort law reform…
09 July 2002
Insurance Enquiries & Complaints CEO Sam Parrino is seeing first-hand just how tough the public liability market has become…
09 July 2002
Bringing in an expert panel to review the law of negligence is the Federal Government’s latest tactic to address the public liability and medical indemnity crises…
09 July 2002
But not everyone is happy about the expert panel…
09 July 2002
Doctors across the nation could stop providing services next month unless a solution to the medical indemnity crisis is reached at the next meeting of federal and state treasurers…
09 July 2002
NSW homebuyers have been warned to avoid future insurance problems when purchasing high rise apartments by demanding an occupation certificate from the vendor…
09 July 2002
If you’ve ever sat in a NIBA Convention audience just bursting to ask a question of an eminent speaker, now’s your chance…
02 July 2002
July is here and millions of new policies are in place…
02 July 2002
Twenty general insurers have disappeared from the local insurance scene from yesterday following APRA’s unveiling of its new list of authorised insurers…
02 July 2002
The cause of all this brouhaha is the introduction of the General Insurance Reform Act, drawn up by former FSR Minister Joe Hockey…
02 July 2002
The Victorian Government has offered a temporary solution for the state’s adventure tourism operators, stepping in with another short-term insurance rescue package…
02 July 2002
In a strange twist of events, AmRe, a member of Munich American Risk Partners, has withdrawn from the Victorian barristers’ professional indemnity market…