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19 May 2013
Regulatory & Government
Unfair contracts bill open for submissions
13 May 2013
The Federal Government has released draft legislation to add unfair contract terms to the Insurance Contracts Act…
APRA wants insurers to appoint independent risk officers
13 May 2013
General insurers will have to appoint independent chief risk officers under a new standard proposed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
Victoria’s insurance tax revenue to drop $580 million as FSL ends
13 May 2013
The Victorian Government’s insurance tax haul will drop in the next financial year as it removes the fire services levy (FSL) and replaces it with a $610.9 million property tax from July 1…
Insurers want Queensland workers’ comp opened up
13 May 2013
Insurers argue they can bring competition and innovation to the Queensland workers’ compensation scheme, currently run by a government authority…
Queensland to change worker definition
13 May 2013
The Queensland Government has introduced a bill to make its definition of “worker” the same as that used by the Australian Taxation Office…
WA WorkCover rates fall, but premiums rising
13 May 2013
The underlying trend among workers’ compensation premiums in WA is for rises, according to GIO…
APRA cracks down on conglomerate contagion risk
13 May 2013
Conglomerates – groups whose activities cross more than one industry – will have to perform internal capital adequacy assessments under draft standards proposed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority…
ICA favours NSW greenslips reform
13 May 2013
The Insurance Council of Australia has supported reforms aiming to increase the efficiency and affordability of the NSW compulsory third-party insurance scheme…
ASIC warns on recruitment processes
13 May 2013
Australian financial services licensees must have “robust” recruitment processes to ensure staff meet required standards, the industry regulator has warned…
ASIC finds comparison tool ‘potentially misleading’
13 May 2013
Online comparator JustEzi has been forced to remove a car insurance comparison tool after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found it “potentially misleading”.…
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