SARS: bosses warned of liability
13 May 2003
Employers have been warned of the liability risks they face in dealing with staff who may face the risk of being exposed to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome…
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D&O cover more widely available
13 May 2003
“Significant capacity” exists in the Australian D&O market, according to research conducted by a Melbourne risk consultancy…
SA WorkCover gets serious
13 May 2003
The SA Government will introduce a new Bill this week to make the state’s WorkCover system more “accountable and transparent”…
Risk management: DNV joins Qest
13 May 2003
The risk consultancy business is getting more competitive, with Melbourne-based risk management group Qest Consulting acquiring the Australian and NZ operations…
ICA vows to keep communicating
13 May 2003
The Insurance Council of Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to good communications, with ICA President Raymond Jones claiming much has already been done…
Changes are a problem, says disputes ref
13 May 2003
Insurance Brokers Disputes Referee David Letcher has pointed out a number of areas of brokers’ operations where problems frequently arise…
ANZIIF acknowledges its stars
13 May 2003
ANZIIF has launched a new academic prize scheme to honour more than 100 students who achieved outstanding results last year…
Insurers hit by Pan nightmare
06 May 2003
Australian insurers may be the group hardest hit by Pan Pharmaceutical’s multi-million dollar recall of vitamins and other pills and potions…
Not-for-profit groups covered until 2006
06 May 2003
The ACCC has given the thumbs-up for three major insurers to provide joint public liability insurance to not-for-profit organisations in NSW…
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…
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…