27 June 2016
Financial technology innovation makes good corporate culture even more important in gaining customer confidence, according to Australian Securities and Investments Commission Chairman Greg Medcraft…
27 June 2016
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors is to release a consultation document on risk-based insurance capital standards next month…
20 June 2016
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority wants to publish more general insurance statistics…
20 June 2016
Queensland’s state budget has allocated funds toward disaster resilience, improving infrastructure and tackling climate change…
20 June 2016
The NSW Government has allocated an extra $1.2 million to crack down on compulsory third party fraud…
20 June 2016
The Queensland Government has introduced a bill to Parliament providing lifetime care and support to people who suffer catastrophic injuries in the workplace…
20 June 2016
Regulators in Australia and Singapore have signed an agreement to help innovative financial technology companies expand in each other’s markets…
20 June 2016
Reform of Queensland’s “personalised transport” industry, including ride-sharing, must be fair to stakeholders, the Insurance Council of Australia says…
20 June 2016
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors has revised its assessment methodology for designating global systemically important insurers…
20 June 2016
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cautioned businesses in the financial sector against opening a scam email purportedly from one of its employees…
14 June 2016
Fintech start-ups will be allowed to operate for six months without a licence under one of several proposals to make the financial sector more innovative…
14 June 2016
Allianz Australia has compensated 740 Petplan customers a total of $231,000 and its agent, Petplan Australasia, has corrected its advertising following action by regulators…
14 June 2016
The ACT Government has delivered on its pledge to abolish insurance tax in the 2016/17 budget, and the Insurance Council of Australia has called on other states and territories to follow suit…
14 June 2016
The first “best-interests” case has been instigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, against Melbourne-based adviser group NSG Services…
14 June 2016
A Queensland Government taskforce has released a discussion paper on reform of ride-sharing regulation…
14 June 2016
Chairman of New Zealand’s Earthquake Commission Sir Maarten Wevers has been reappointed for a further three-year term…
06 June 2016
Insurers are ready to transit to NSW’s new system of funding its fire and emergency services via a property charge after Parliament passed legislation last week to abolish the existing levy on insurance policies…
06 June 2016
The Insurance Council of Australia has told Treasury’s review of the financial institutions supervisory levies proposed for 2016/17 that regulators must improve information flows to the insurance industry…
06 June 2016
SA’s public compulsory third party insurer has put its portfolio of properties up for sale…
06 June 2016
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has published its third report on licensing activity…