IBNA/Alliance deal stirs competition
05 November 2002
A turf war is developing in the burgeoning premium funding market…
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Training body releases draft report for feedback
05 November 2002
To ensure the industry standards keep pace with the changes in the financial services industry, the National Finance Industry Training Advisory Body has released…
Bracks back-burns before election
05 November 2002
Victorian Premier Steve Bracks may have headed off possible criticism from vital rural voters of the state’s expensive and inefficient fire services funding system…
Victoria’s WorkCover system: better or worse?
05 November 2002
As Victorians prepare for a media onslaught leading up to the November 30 state election announced yesterday, the debate on the health of the state’s WorkCover system…
Victorian broking identity dies
05 November 2002
Well-known Melbourne broker Sam Cilmi died at the weekend…
IAG needed broker business, Hawker tells NIBA audience
29 October 2002
Australian brokers have nothing to fear and nothing to lose following IAG’s acquisition of CGU, according to IAG CEO Michael Hawker…
At last! Terrorism cover gets organised
29 October 2002
The Federal Government has set up a national scheme to provide insurance protection against future terrorist attacks…
NSW reforms reshaped after Ipp review
29 October 2002
The NSW Government’s second tranche of tort law reform was tabled in the State Parliament last week…
Federal Government reveals medical indemnity solution
29 October 2002
It’s been a big week for insurance solutions crafted by the Federal Government…
AXA Health move set to benefit laser centres
29 October 2002
Private health insurers aren’t known for speedy acceptance of new procedures that could be seen as cosmetic…
Youngster wins top insurer award
22 October 2002
QBE Mercantile Mutual has been voted General Insurer of the Year by NIBA brokers…
Hawker set to explain CGU deal and reassure brokers
22 October 2002
IAG has confirmed it’s buying CGU and NZI for $1.86 billion, with the deal expected to be completed within a few days…
Rumours surround insurer’s fate
22 October 2002
Meanwhile, speculation is mounting that another major foreign-owned Australian insurer is about to be taken over, possibly by German insurer Allianz…
HIH: brokers not in clear, says Rashleigh
22 October 2002
Eminent Victorian lawyer Peter Rashleigh will be “most surprised” if there are no claims against insurance brokers arising out of the placement of cover with HIH…
Uninsured numbers alarm insurers
22 October 2002
Too many small businesses and householders aren’t taking out insurance or are underinsured, according to an ICA survey…
Law Council wants a cap on liability
22 October 2002
The Law Council of Australia seems to be against tort reform half of the time and in support of it the rest of the time…
…but Victorian lawyers don’t want tort reform
22 October 2002
While the Law Council is busy with its own campaign, the Victorian Bar Council has warned it will make an election issue out of common law rights if the state Government…
Broker leader Robert Owen dies
22 October 2002
One of Australia’s best-known brokers, Robert Owen, died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer…
The Bali bombing and travel insurance confusion
15 October 2002
The subject of travel insurance isn’t the thing that springs instantly to mind when we consider the carnage in Bali…
Insurers pass S&P’s “stable” test
15 October 2002
Australian general insurers are continuing to face significant challenges over the next year, but Standard & Poor’s, at least, is positive about the outlook…