The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe for damage caused by hailstorms that struck eastern Melbourne, the Australian Capital...
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ICA launches local trades regist ...
The Insurance Council of Australian (ICA) has announced the opening of an online register to help local tradespeople and builders play a...
ASIC encourages fair and effecti ...
ASIC Deputy Chair Daniel Crennan QC has said that the regulator is working with insurers and other key stakeholders to ensure that...
Insurance industry meets with th ...
Insurance industry representatives have provided the Federal Government with an update on actions taken to date to support impacted policyholders and communities,...
NSW Government ignores Emergency ...
The NSW Government believes there is no need to change the NSW Emergency Services Levy arrangements, according statements quoted in the Australian...
Insurance Reforms Continue: A no ...
As the industry slows down for the Christmas and New Year holidays, NIBA will continue to examine reform proposals from the Federal...
ASIC urges AFS licensees to prov ...
ASIC has prompted Australian financial services (AFS) licensees who have not yet updated the Financial Advisers Register (Register) to add new details...
NSW Government pushes for nation ...
The NSW Government has called on Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments to back a national income protection scheme to insure farmers against...
ASIC to ban unfair cold call sal ...
ASIC has announced the implementation of a ban on unsolicited ‘cold call’ telephone sales of direct life insurance and consumer credit insurance...
Insurance claims handling to be ...
The Federal Treasury has released draft legislation on making insurance claims handling a financial service, and therefore subject to regulatory oversight by...
Community Underwriting 2019 Smal ...
Not for profit insurer, Community Underwriting allocates five percent of their annual surplus each year to clients. Community Underwriting are specialists in...
CommInsure pleads guilty to hawk ...
The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited, trading as CommInsure, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)has pleaded guilty...
CommInsure to refund $12 million ...
Following concerns raised by ASIC about unfair telephone sales of life insurance, The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited (trading as CommInsure) has...
November Bushfire insured losses ...
A series of fires in the NSW Mid-Coast and Northern Rivers and parts of QLD has impacted over 285 homes from 8th...