18 March 2024
The prudential and corporate regulators have released a consultation paper on proposed Financial Accountability Regime rules and draft key descriptions for insurance and superannuation entities...
18 March 2024
The Federal Government has released a National Climate Risk Assessment and is seeking feedback as it prepares to develop an adaptation blueprint...
18 March 2024
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will implement updated rules and operational guidelines in July to give it more clarity and capacity to manage disputes...
18 March 2024
The NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority has imposed special licence conditions on steel manufacturer Liberty Holdings Australia’s workers’ compensation self-insurance licence, amid concerns about its practices...
11 March 2024
Federal Treasury has proposed restricting the standard cover regime to home building insurance only and mandating that insurers offer a baseline level of policyholder protection...
11 March 2024
The Federal Parliamentary inquiry into insurers’ responses to the 2022 floods has scheduled a full-day hearing for this Friday, with industry and government executives set to appear...
11 March 2024
Insurance Council of Australia CEO Andrew Hall has been selected to join a special advisory group helping the NSW Government shape critical Emergency Services Levy reforms...
11 March 2024
The Federal Government has finalised rules for the Financial Accountability Regime, which starts on Friday for the banking sector and from March next year for insurance and superannuation...
11 March 2024
The Victorian Government is extending its scheme to help people stranded by insolvent home builders that failed to take out insurance on their behalf, as required by law...
11 March 2024
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not appeal against the decision to approve the $4.9 billion sale of Suncorp Bank to ANZ...
11 March 2024
Victorian businesses’ WorkCover premiums will be frozen for a year under a political deal to get a modernisation bill for the scheme passed...
11 March 2024
The Federal Coalition has appointed Luke Howarth as Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services, replacing Stuart Robert, who resigned last May...
11 March 2024
Victorian communities will receive more than $9 million in funding for risk mitigation projects under joint state and federal grants...
04 March 2024
The Insurance Council of Australia warns a proposed qualification level for a new class of advisers could be counterproductive in some scenarios...
04 March 2024
Lieutenant General Michelle McGuinness has been appointed National Cyber Security Co-ordinator...
04 March 2024
Eligible applicants for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort can lodge claims with the body from April 2...
04 March 2024
NSW state insurer icare has made changes to its group executive team, appointing Scott North and giving Tony Wessling a new portfolio...
26 February 2024
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he will “carefully and methodically” consider whether Suncorp’s sale of its bank to ANZ is in the national interest...
26 February 2024
The handling of personal information held by HWL Ebsworth Lawyers is being investigated by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner...
26 February 2024
The NSW Government wants business groups and experts to provide feedback on industrial manslaughter laws as it works towards new legislation...