Survey shows businesses are hacker-vulnerable
27 August 2002
Hacked off with those stupid people who get into your IT system and cause chaos..?
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We love brokers, says R&SA
20 August 2002
Royal & SunAlliance General Insurance CEO Duncan West has been feeling the heat from brokers over the past couple of weeks, following criticism of their abilities by the GM…
Premiums under pressure as equities sink
20 August 2002
The worst investment market conditions in more than a decade have put the insurance industry in a position of double jeopardy…
ICA calls for more regulation
20 August 2002
The ICA has called for the definition of “insurance business” to be widened under the Insurance Act so that such organisations as medical defence organisations…
Liability group enjoys a resurgence
20 August 2002
A specialist organisation working in the professional indemnity and directors’ and officers’ markets says recent developments have increased the need for specialist liability knowledge…
Less legal buck-passing over intoxication
20 August 2002
People who drink too much alcohol and then have accidents will now have less of a basis to sue, according to Sydney lawyer Louise Edmondson…
Corporate governance top of agenda
20 August 2002
Everyone seems to be jumping on the corporate governance bandwagon after the corporate blowouts of the 1990s…
Adler may face more charges
20 August 2002
Will former FAI MD and prominent HIH Royal Commission figure Rodney Adler face more charges over statements related to HIH share dealings…
ICA stands by its call for uniformity
13 August 2002
ICA’s dream of a uniform approach to law reform across the Commonwealth, states and territories is slipping away…
Williams must share the blame, says Hogg
13 August 2002
Ray Williams’ appearance before the HIH Royal Commission has been eagerly awaited…
Liquidator denies trouble in meeting deadline
13 August 2002
The provisional liquidator of failed medical insurer UMP is not facing huge troubles in developing a solution to restructure the insurer before the end of the year…
Gold Seal products available for purchase online
13 August 2002
Major broker assistance group Gold Seal has now released most of its products online…
… and ANZIIF goes online
13 August 2002
The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance has introduced online services with its new InSITE Learning initiative…
R&SA critique raises a broker storm
06 August 2002
Claims by the GM of a Royal & SunAlliance subsidiary that “brokers by and large had failed to deliver for small business” have provoked a sharp reaction from NIBA…
Be patient, minister tells NSW doctors
06 August 2002
The problems in public liability and professional indemnity have affected a wide range of businesses and professions, but the medical profession still seems to think it’s special…
Tougher regulation? It’s here already
30 July 2002
One real problem in linking the insurance industry with calls for tort reform is that too many people (some of whom should know better) see the whole thing as manipulation…
They missed the mark, says ICA
30 July 2002
Not surprisingly, the industry felt the need to defend itself against the comments of the attorneys-general. ICA Executive Director Alan Mason said the states’ law leaders…
Alan Jones comments
30 July 2002
The insurers know they must resist all suggestions of dishonesty, because the price of relaxing their defences will be a legislative reaction of some sort…
Farmers crippled by insurance costs want further Government action
30 July 2002
Rural communities are another insurance hotspot the industry should be considering carefully…
VECCI survey shows PL rates rose more after June
30 July 2002
Victoria’s major employer body has reported what everyone knew by July 1: that insurance is a lot more expensive than it was 12 months ago…