15 August 2011
Delays and confusion about policy wordings are recurring themes in two WA submissions to the House of Representatives inquiry into the operation of the insurance industry during disasters…
15 August 2011
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has commended the insurance industry on its handling of motor claims…
15 August 2011
Christchurch City Council has approved a draft new city plan that will see buildings in the central business district restricted to seven storeys…
15 August 2011
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Building Failure caused by the Canterbury Earthquakes has received its first technical report, which discusses earthquake standards and moving building…
15 August 2011
Delays to Solvency II implementation in Europe will not affect Australia’s timetable for increased capital standards…
15 August 2011
The NZ Financial Markets Authority continues to build its leadership teams and has also expanded its professional conduct committee for advisers…
08 August 2011
Commissions on life insurance sold within superannuation might have survived the legislators’ axe, but the Federal Government won’t be doing anything to disturb the states’ stamp duty on…
08 August 2011
The Federal Government’s push to create a simple superannuation fund product – My Super – is an opportunity for life insurers…
08 August 2011
The European Parliament has proposed delaying the Solvency II deadline to January 1, 2014…
01 August 2011
The Federal Government has put insurance taxes back on the national tax reform agenda, saying it’s an inefficient way to collect revenue…
01 August 2011
Brokers will be included in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s new proposed regulations on scaled advice…
01 August 2011
The Senate report into state government insurance arrangements and the flood levy has been delayed for the third time, due to a further hold-up by the Queensland Government…
01 August 2011
The federal parliamentary inquiry into the insurance response to natural disasters will hold its first public hearings this week when it convenes in WA…
01 August 2011
The inquiry into the Christchurch earthquakes has received 62 expressions of interest from people wanting to participate…
01 August 2011
Federal Attorney-General Rob McClelland says creating a resilience strategy for natural disasters is not just the Government’s responsibility…
01 August 2011
Accounting standards for insurance contracts will remain a priority as the International Accounting Standards Board looks at its future strategic direction…
01 August 2011
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has recorded some favourable scores in satisfaction ratings from the organisations it oversees…
25 July 2011
The Insurance Council of Australia and Suncorp have urged the Federal Government to consider changing the advice regime under the Corporations Act to enable insurers to provide more flood…
25 July 2011
Australia’s top financial regulators discussed the insurance industry’s response to natural disasters during a meeting in Sydney last week…
25 July 2011
The Natural Disaster Insurance Review panel is now officially closed to all submissions following a last minute call for public comment…