New faces on ICA board
06 May 2003
The Insurance Council of Australia has added four new faces to its board, with the appointments reflecting just how quickly the industry’s face is changing…
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Rural & General kicks on
06 May 2003
Rural & General just won’t give up…
Bullbars could cut insurance costs
06 May 2003
Bullbars, those hunks of iron commonly seen on the front of urban four-wheel-drives, might be responsible for some horrific pedestrian injuries and deaths…
Gavin Pearce joins broker
06 May 2003
Former AMP/GIO General Manager Gavin Pearce has been appointed CEO of brokers Heath Lambert Group…
20% or less for HIH creditors
29 April 2003
As media attention begins to slow following the release of Justice Neville Owen’s royal commission report into the failure of HIH, creditors of the company have been told…
HIH report: it’s all about good governance
29 April 2003
The criticism of regulators by HIH Royal Commissioner Neville Owen for failing to detect the problems within both FAI and HIH means…
NZ brokers grow closer
29 April 2003
Just three years after a debacle that saw small independent insurance brokers upset a carefully crafted vote to unite New Zealand’s two broker associations, they’re close to trying again…
Greenhouse endangers Australia, say experts
29 April 2003
Australia faces hotter summers and milder winters, more bushfires, heat stress and crop damage as global warming makes itself felt over the next 30 years…
Loss adjusters to establish claims institute
29 April 2003
The Australasian Institute of Chartered Loss Adjusters will establish an Institute of Claims Professionals within the next two months, according to AICLA President Mark Godfrey…
Small businesses fear the wrong things
29 April 2003
The risks most feared by small business owners are stolen cash, contents and stock, vehicle damage and theft, and employee theft…
ACTU: older Australians should stay in workforce
29 April 2003
The ACTU and the Business Council of Australia have warned older Australians to stay in the workforce for as long as possible…
HIH: the report fallout
23 April 2003
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has already referred some of the 56 matters arising from the HIH Royal Commission to the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions…
How Australia saw the HIH report
23 April 2003
Since Justice Neville Owen’s HIH report was made available last Wednesday, the media has been awash with opinions as to whether it went far enough and whether royal commissioner…
How the industry sees the HIH findings
23 April 2003
The insurance industry has embraced Justice Owen’s report even as others have criticised it…
NSW considers scrapping FSL
23 April 2003
After an exhaustive campaign in Victoria, it turns out that the NSW Government is more positive about dumping the fire services levy than its southern neighbour…
Aussie adjusters will lend a hand in shaky isles
23 April 2003
About 45 Australian loss adjusters will be trained to handle claims for what has been dubbed an “inevitable” earthquake in NZ…
SA does some workers’ comp tinkering
23 April 2003
The South Australian Government has proposed some major changes to its occupational health and safety regime…
ANZIIF predicts further growth
23 April 2003
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance will focus on further developing its education and training services after returning a $1.1 million…
NSW workcover deficit keeps growing
15 April 2003
NSW Industrial Relations Minister John Della Bosca can claim some success in his battle to reduce the state’s workcover deficit…
The banks are bad insurers
15 April 2003
Banks haven’t been able to make serious headway in Australian insurance because they’re reluctant underwriters, according to Suncorp CEO John Mulcahy…