24 April 2017
The move to a property-based emergency services funding regime in NSW on July 1 will level the playing field for owners’ corporations, according to Strata Community Insurance MD Paul Keating…
24 April 2017
General insurance was described as “a stitch-up” during two days of public hearings in the ongoing Senate inquiry into the industry…
24 April 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is seeking feedback on a proposed financial services panel responsible for determining if errant individuals should be banned from the industry…
24 April 2017
The National Transport Commission wants help defining the terms “control” and “proper control” in road rules relating to automated vehicles…
24 April 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signed a co-operation deal with Indonesian financial services regulator Otoritas Jasa Keuangan to promote financial services innovation…
24 April 2017
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will hold forums in Auckland and Wellington next month to discuss its review of the Insurance Prudential Supervision Act 2010…
10 April 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission says clearly displaying the previous year’s premium on renewal notices would increase competition and comparability for home and car policies…
10 April 2017
NSW will introduce a hybrid no-fault compulsory third party scheme in December after Parliament last week approved replacing the current at-fault system…
10 April 2017
Drivers with demerit points for speeding and other traffic offences could pay more for insurance, as compulsory third party insurers in NSW push for access to policyholders’ records…
10 April 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has cancelled Rural & General Insurance Broking’s financial services licence, which was suspended last October…
10 April 2017
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation has been expanded to include mixed-use and high-value residential buildings…
10 April 2017
NSW employers can obtain quotes and renew workers’ compensation policies direct with Insurance & Care NSW from April 30…
10 April 2017
WorkCover WA has announced a 3.2% rise in recommended premium rates for compulsory workers’ compensation insurance next financial year…
03 April 2017
NSW will move to a property-based emergency services funding regime on July 1 after Parliament passed the Fire and Emergency Services Levy Bill last week…
03 April 2017
Insurance levies in New Zealand will rise almost 40% to fund the new national emergency service from July 1…
03 April 2017
The National Insurance Brokers Association has criticised regulatory reviews that have a detrimental effect on general insurance brokers, despite being focused on banks or the life insurance industry…
03 April 2017
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has announced a review of the Insurance Prudential Supervision Act 2010, releasing an issues paper for public consultation…
03 April 2017
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has imposed a seven-year ban on Victorian broker Raymond Arthur Robinson for misleading and deceptive business practices…
27 March 2017
The National Insurance Brokers Association “is struggling to understand” how Treasury proposals requiring insurers to identify target and non-target clients can be practically enforced…
27 March 2017
The NSW Law Reform Commission’s proposal to replace Section 6 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 should be implemented, the Insurance Council of Australia says…