Standard & Poor’s monitors Zurich probe
22 June 2004
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s is monitoring the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s review of Zurich Australian Insurance’s former reinsurance arrangements…
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Rates evening out, say brokers
22 June 2004
Rates haven’t dropped during the June renewals period, but they are flattening out, say brokers…
WA workers’ comp changes spark fears
22 June 2004
The WA Government’s proposed reforms to the state’s workers’ compensation scheme are due to be tabled in the WA Legislative Assembly next week…
Would-be insurer seeks underwriter
22 June 2004
Remember Ryan Law, the 22-year-old Melbournian who developed a club to insure members against parking and speeding fines…?
Asbestos legislation due in NSW Parliament
22 June 2004
Asbestos disease legislation will be debated in the NSW Parliament this week, and unions are complaining the possible amendments will relieve insurance companies…
100 apply for awards
22 June 2004
The names of the 65 shortlisted nominees for this year’s ANZIIF/Asia Insurance Review insurance industry awards won’t be disclosed until the presentation dinner in Sydney…
APRA awards students with scholarships
22 June 2004
APRA has awarded scholarships worth $12,500 each to four students under the annual Brian Gray Scholarship Program…
Insurers want a more flexible APRA
16 June 2004
The Insurance Council of Australia wants to work with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority as it prepares the second stage of its corporate governance reforms…
Draft code disappoints adjusters
16 June 2004
The insurance industry’s new draft code of practice, launched last week in Sydney, has earned qualified praise from consumer groups and even the Federal Government…
Zurich faces reinsurance probe
16 June 2004
Zurich Australia Insurance is under investigation by APRA and ASIC for past reinsurance arrangements…
HIH victims’ scheme short by $172 million
16 June 2004
A review of the HIH Claims Support Scheme by the Australian National Audit Office has revealed that the scheme is $172 million short of being able to pay all claims…
Queensland cuts premium tax
16 June 2004
The Victorian and NSW governments might whinge that Queensland is getting fat on their tax money, but that won’t stop the insurance industry welcoming one small but significant…
NSW fire funding report due
16 June 2004
The NSW Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee is due to hand down its report at the end of this week on whether an insurance-based Fire Services Levy funding model…
Broker predicts business cash problems
16 June 2004
Cashflow problems for many Australian small businesses will “worsen considerably” over the next year, according to National Credit Insurance Brokers…
Draft code of practice launched
08 June 2004
The Insurance Council of Australia launched the revised General Insurance Code of Practice consultation draft this morning aiming to lift standards beyond the requirements…
HIH liquidator floats to new firm
08 June 2004
HIH liquidator Tony McGrath is to become chairman of a new insolvency practice following an amicable parting from KPMG…
APRA suffers blow on R&GIB appeal
08 June 2004
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has suffered another blow in its dealings with controversial brokerage Rural & General Insurance Broking…
RACV wins Unisys appeal
08 June 2004
RACV has won an appeal by Unisys over the IT specialist’s alleged failure to supply the Victorian insurer with a paperless claims management system…
Alliance lobbies on FSL before report is due
08 June 2004
The “Alliance for the Equitable Funding of Fire Services”, which is lobbying the NSW Government to abolish the fire services levy, held a press conference in Sydney…
One for the actuaries…
08 June 2004
Thought you’d heard all the weird and wonderful forms of insurance cover available in Australia? Think again…