WorkCover WA tightens up on claims histories
21 May 2012
WorkCover WA will no longer supply workers’ compensation claims histories to employers and prospective employers…
Regulatory & Government
ASIC chief to head global securities body
21 May 2012
Australian Securities and Investments Commission Chairman Greg Medcraft is to become chairman of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions next March…
WA insurer to increase return
21 May 2012
The Insurance Commission of WA will deliver a $30.4 million return to the state this year, a 45% increase, due to improved profitability and investment returns…
Opposition rising to NSW WorkCover overhaul
21 May 2012
The various parties involved in NSW WorkCover are squaring up over proposed reforms…
Motor insurers under spotlight in NSW
21 May 2012
Motor insurers’ profits and costs are to be looked at as the part of a NSW Government review of compulsory third party pricing…
WA launches bushfire management agency
21 May 2012
The WA Government has established an Office of Bushfire Risk Management to independently assess the risks of prescribed burns…
Canberra takes $175 million from Australian Reinsurance Pool
14 May 2012
The Federal Government will take $175 million from the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation in 2012/13 in a $100 million special dividend and a $75 million annual dividend…
Broker and advisers to pay for FOFA
14 May 2012
The Federal Government will be increasing broker and adviser licensing fees to cover the cost of the Future of Financial Advice reforms…
Government extends ASIC funding
14 May 2012
The Federal Government has cut operational funding for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in the coming year, but has provided extra funding for the regulator to monitor the…
Report rules out last resort compensation scheme
14 May 2012
Lawyer Richard St John’s report into compensation for consumers has rejected a last resort scheme as “inappropriate and possibly counter-productive”…
Terrorism insurance scheme set to continue
14 May 2012
A review by the Federal Treasury office and targeted stakeholders into Australia’s terrorism insurance scheme has recommended that it should continue…
ASIC warns brokers on ‘independence’
07 May 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned insurance brokers and financial planners about their use of the term “independent” after it found 21 cases of its misleading use…
ASIC suspends NSW broker’s licence
07 May 2012
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has suspended the financial services licence of Southpoint Insurance Brokers, of Menai, NSW…
Victorian insurance tax take rises
07 May 2012
Victoria’s insurance taxes will increase by 10% this financial year, raising $1.61 billion, and decline marginally to a budgeted $1.6 billion in 2012/13…
Vic WorkCover premiums fall while dividend rises
07 May 2012
The Victorian Government has cut workers’ compensation premiums in the 2012/13 financial year, but will take funds from the Victorian WorkCover Authority by way of a dividend this financial year…
This year’s flood victims to be exempted from levy
07 May 2012
People who suffered damage in the floods affecting western Queensland and northern NSW earlier this year will be exempted from the national flood levy…
NSW WorkCover paper calls for urgent reform
30 April 2012
NSW workers’ compensation premiums will have to rise by up to 28% if the WorkCover scheme is not reformed, according to a State Government issues paper…
Reforms outlined for builders’ warranty scheme
30 April 2012
Victoria’s compulsory builders’ warranty insurance scheme could be scrapped and made voluntary under a plan the State Government says will better protect consumers…
Key facts sheet submissions reveal industry concerns
30 April 2012
Federal Treasury has released the last submissions on key facts sheets for people buying home building and/or contents insurance…
ICA hangs out for exemption
30 April 2012
The Insurance Council of Australia is pressing for an exemption for lenders’ mortgage insurers from the National Consumer Credit Protection Act’s record-keeping obligations…