17 September 2018
The corporate regulator has dismissed “anonymous and anecdotal” stories of companies considering moving offshore because of the rising cost of directors’ and officers’ insurance, saying class action lawsuits blamed for the situation are “critical to protecting shareholders and promoting market integrity”…
17 September 2018
Proposed laws giving Australians greater control over their own data don’t sufficiently exempt the data accessed by insurers to underwrite risks…
17 September 2018
Queensland has more than doubled its aerial firefighting fleet as it prepares for more high-risk days after an active start to the season…
17 September 2018
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has approved the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) complaint resolution scheme rules and independent assessor terms of reference…
17 September 2018
Insurers have less than two weeks to provide the Australian Securities and Investments Commission with details of their operations as part of new industry funding laws…
10 September 2018
Insurance brokers caught up in the wider fallout of the Hayne royal commission should stop feeling sorry for themselves and help fix the problem, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission says…
10 September 2018
A New Zealand regulator has labelled issues and behaviour highlighted at the Hayne royal commission “truly extraordinary”…
10 September 2018
The NSW Cladding Taskforce has reviewed 185,000 buildings, identifying 435 as potentially high risk…
10 September 2018
The ACT Emergency Services Agency has introduced a “first of its kind” bushfire risk rating tool…
10 September 2018
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Chairman Wayne Byres has urged chief risk officers to play a greater role driving executive pay reform…
10 September 2018
The Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Tribunal Bill has passed its first reading in the New Zealand Parliament…
10 September 2018
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission four-year plan says the financial sector is facing unprecedented scrutiny and the corporate world needs to rebuild trust…
10 September 2018
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation will compensate the Federal Government $55 million a year over the next four financial years for provision of the Commonwealth guarantee…
10 September 2018
The Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation has appointed Paulo Zazzara as Senior Manager Insurance Audit…
03 September 2018
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has given the financial services portfolio to Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert, who is also responsible for superannuation, competition and consumer policy…
03 September 2018
The insurance industry is questioning Federal Government plans to extend the controversial key facts sheet regime beyond home insurance policies…
03 September 2018
WorkCover Queensland is piloting a new approach to managing workplace injury claims, under a drive to achieve better return-to-work outcomes…
03 September 2018
The Insurance Council of New Zealand has welcomed the central bank’s accommodating approach to industry concerns over insurance solvency standards and lease requirements…
03 September 2018
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will broaden its risk-based supervision to cover threats that could affect financial system stability…
03 September 2018
The WA Insurance Commission’s Motor Vehicle Fund, which backs the state’s catastrophic injuries support program, recovered from a large loss to hit the black last financial year…