Survey proves that surveys don’t always make sense
26 March 2002
A survey investigating the rises in public liability premiums claims non-profit community groups could be paying higher premiums to cover for claims by other groups…
26 March 2002
A survey investigating the rises in public liability premiums claims non-profit community groups could be paying higher premiums to cover for claims by other groups…
26 March 2002
The organisers of Victorian small events and organisations hit by higher public liability premiums have been thrown a lifeline with a special insurance package…
19 March 2002
The withdrawal of Suncorp Metway from the PI market has undoubtedly caused waves for the 80% to 95% of barristers the company used to cover in Victoria, Queensland and NSW…
19 March 2002
Prime Minister John Howard has blamed lawyers for encouraging litigation in Australia and consequently fuelling the current public liability crisis…
19 March 2002
An Australian Democrats submission on public liability to be presented to the March 27 meeting of Commonwealth and state ministers, contains several flaws…
19 March 2002
Liability claims make up a large component of overall claims under the Federal Government’s $640 million dollar HIH rescue package, and most of them will take time to settle…
19 March 2002
Rocketing public liability premiums are crippling local adventure tourism operators in the Victorian town of Mansfield…
19 March 2002
Insurance Enquiries & Complaints will share back-office functions with two other financial services dispute resolution schemes, the Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman…
19 March 2002
There were smiles all round last week when the Victorian and NSW governments launched the new builders’ warranty scheme…
19 March 2002
With the HIH Royal Commission legal team steadily peeling away the layers of the FAI/HIH deal with the confident ease of someone who already knows how the story ends…
19 March 2002
Adelaide-based Terri Scheer Insurance Brokers is Australia’s first company to have been granted a licence under the Financial Services Reform Act…
19 March 2002
Some intermediaries might be suddenly feeling the licensing heat with the FSRA less than 24 months away, but NIBA Technical Services Manager Warren Turner says…
19 March 2002
The Victorian WorkCover Authority has recorded a second successive operating profit of $149 million for the six months ending December 31 2001…
12 March 2002
Up to 80% of all business interruption claims for small to medium businesses are inadequately prepared, according to MSM Loss Management principal Colin Chinner…
12 March 2002
Peter Nash, the MD of leading sports insurance underwriter Sportscover, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Underwriting Agencies Council…
12 March 2002
A report in yesterday’s Australian Financial Review on the implementation of FSRA has raised hackles in broking circles…
12 March 2002
Zurich COO John “Harry” Butler has been appointed CEO to replace Malcolm Jones. Mr Jones, who was also CEO Asia Pacific for Zurich, has announced his intention to leave the company…
12 March 2002
The insurance industry wants to work with all governments and other stakeholders to achieve workable solutions to rising public liability premiums, says Insurance Council Executive…
12 March 2002
The 10–point plan for a possible reform of builders’ warranty that was presented to insurers and underwriters last week in Melbourne is expected to be finalised in the next couple of days…
12 March 2002
Victoria’s new Crimes (Workplace Deaths and Serious Injuries) Bill shouldn’t be feared by businesses, says the state’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Paul Coglan QC…