IBNA to stage NIBA convention curtain-raiser
26 June 2001
David Parkin, the inspirational coach of top AFL club Carlton, will be a highlight of the IBNA convention on the Gold Coast in October…
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ICA is "glad" about HIH terms of reference
26 June 2001
The Insurance Council wants the HIH Royal Commission to “clearly identify” the cause of the company’s collapse “so that everything possible can be done to try to ensure…
Car thieves move into the 90s
26 June 2001
Results of the March quarter show that cars manufactured after 1990 are now being targeted by professional thieves, leaving insurers with an average claim cost of $19,500…
NRMA takes a tilt at business
26 June 2001
NRMA Insurance and the NSW Chamber of Commerce have set up a $660,000 small business development program…
Dexta battles incomplete BW proposals
26 June 2001
No wonder builders’ warranty insurers are under fire for processing applications too slowly; more than 70% of them are filed incomplete…
QBE/MERC quits IBNA facility
19 June 2001
QBE Mercantile Mutual has withdrawn from the commercial facility operated by major cluster group IBNA…
Brokers an asset, says WA Minister
19 June 2001
WA brokers have been reassured their role in the state’s workers’ compensation system is safe…
NSW solicitors consider a post-HIH levy
19 June 2001
Solicitors in NSW face the prospect of having to pay a special levy to make up the shortfall in their PI insurance following the HIH collapse…
A call for higher quality CEO's
13 June 2001
QBE chief Frank O’Halloran hasn’t held back in his criticism of the circumstances surrounding the HIH collapse, or of the blow such an event makes on the local industry’s image overseas…
A bitter pill from Dr Paterson
13 June 2001
More insurance companies will follow HIH into extinction if the Government doesn’t introduce more efficient and effective auditing methods, according to risk management expert…
NRMA: communications will need to be a strong point
13 June 2001
Former Qantas CEO James Strong is being touted in some industry quarters as the next chairman of NRMA Insurance…
Booth steps up to administer HIH payout
13 June 2001
ICA executive Dallas Booth has been appointed the Chief Executive of HIH Claims Support, the company set up by the insurance industry to administer the Federal Government’s…
Hockey's appointments cause a stir
13 June 2001
Red faces all round as Financial Services and Regulation Minister Joe Hockey again finds himself on the back foot over allegations that he has stacked two major industry dispute resolution…
Liquidator looks at HIH directors and others
29 May 2001
Former HIH directors Ray Williams, Rodney Adler and Dominic Fodera are not only under investigation by ASIC – the HIH provisional liquidator is also considering…
Commission will be working before Christmas
29 May 2001
The Royal Commission into the collapse of HIH has not yet been finalised, with Prime Minister John Howard indicating on Sunday that it will be up and running…
Insurers grapple with “fourth tax” in NSW
29 May 2001
Insurers are at a deadlock in their battle with the NSW Government over its decision to impose a $69 million annual tax to help fund the State’s $600 million rescue package…
Expect about a 50% payout – maybe
22 May 2001
The provisional liquidator for HIH says creditors will receive less than 50 cents in the dollar, with liabilities well over $3 billion…
Hockey feels the heat
22 May 2001
The lights haven’t been kind to Federal Financial Services and Regulation Minister Joe Hockey over the past week as he did the rounds of the TV interviewers…
Don’t blame us, says S&P’s
22 May 2001
Last week it was brokers, before that it was APRA, and this week it’s the turn of Australia’s major ratings agency…
On stage, but not together
22 May 2001
For one moment there we thought former FAI MD Rodney Adler and Financial Services and Regulation Minister Joe Hockey would really share the podium at the Australian…