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…
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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…
Risk managers learn the art of ART
15 April 2003
Increasing premiums and higher deductibles are the cause of risk managers’ growing use of the alternative risk transfer market…
Baby Boomers doing it tough to find solid jobs
15 April 2003
Were you born between 1946 and 1964…?
Ebsworth & Ebsworth wins Insurance Practice of the Year
15 April 2003
Lawyers like to compete, and awards probably do mean something in real marketing terms…
Mobiles and driving don’t mix
15 April 2003
Everybody knows it’s unsafe, but…
Government to amend Trade Practices Act
08 April 2003
Cheers all round as the Federal Government succumbed to the pressure on Friday and agreed to amend the Trade Practices Act to enforce a national approach…
Queensland gets more negligence laws
08 April 2003
Queensland is getting a second batch of liability law reforms in a further bid to deal with public liability premiums…
Ask your insurer about SARS, says ICA
08 April 2003
Are insurance companies covering travellers against the possible impacts of severe acute respiratory syndrome…?
Brokers face overseas dilemma
08 April 2003
NIBA CEO Noel Pettersen has again warned that brokers are being forced to use unauthorised foreign insurers because their clients can’t get cover from local insurers…
Victoria agrees to inquiry extension
08 April 2003
Insurers and industry groups in Victoria have convinced the Government to extend the time limit for the fire services levy inquiry…
Don’t want ADR? Be careful…
08 April 2003
Australians who choose to litigate their commercial disputes rather than seeking settlements through alternative dispute resolution may soon be penalised for their decision…
Gold Coast boat thieves booming
08 April 2003
Queensland’s Gold Coast is the home of many superlatives, including being the best place in Australia to get your boat stolen…