Insurance Laws News
Last-ditch bid for US health bill
Friday March 5, 2010
US President Barack Obama has called for an end to America's bitter and divisive debate over healthcare reform, committing Democrats to a last-ditch effort to pass laws expected to extend health insurance cover to an extra 30 million Americans.Building Insurance System To Stay Despite Concerns
Friday November 14, 2008
A SENATE inquiry has baulked at calling for the removal of the controversial building insurance system at the centre of the Beechwood Homes debacle in Sydney.New Laws Put Heat On Owners
Saturday October 25, 2008
Changes to strata laws have led to confusion, writes Jimmy Thomson.Bricklayer Broke Builders' Laws
Wednesday August 20, 2008
A BOOLAROO bricklayer has been convicted of breaking home building laws after a former client alerted the Office of Fair Trading over the construction of a defective retaining wall at Mount Hutton.Government Considers Rejig Of Compo Laws
Friday July 18, 2008
VICTORIA is considering whether to scrap its workplace compensation laws and implement a scheme that could cost nearly $150 million more.Director Liability Laws In Spotlight
Tuesday May 20, 2008
THE question of company directors' personal liability is back on the agenda because of the Government's drive to harmonise a range of federal and state laws and make national markets more efficient.Labor Warns On Health Premiums
Thursday February 8, 2007
HEALTH insurance premiums could skyrocket under proposed Federal Government laws that would remove a requirement for the health-fund regulator to keep premiums to a minimum, Labor has warned.Insurance Law Delay Leaves Investors At Risk
Monday June 26, 2006
FIVE years after its key financial reforms passed through Federal Parliament, the Howard Government has again delayed laws aimed at providing insurance cover for consumers caught in Westpoint-like collapses.Four Years On And Hih Provides No New Laws, Just New Fights
Saturday June 18, 2005
MORE than four years after HIH collapsed in a $5.3 billion heap, insurance companies are still fighting with the regulator over new rules aimed at strengthening the industry to ensure it doesn't happen again.New Laws Put Teens At Risk: Doctors
Sunday June 13, 2004
HEALTH Minister Tony Abbott has dismissed claims that new laws due to be tabled this week will put teenagers at risk of ``irreparable harm".How To Judge The New Financial Services Laws
Sunday March 21, 2004
THE aim of the new financial services laws, with tougher new disclosure rules and uniform licensing requirements, is to make it easier for investors to understand products and advice.Why Insurance Prices Have Risen
Saturday January 31, 2004
BILL Whiley (Mercury, January 22) accuses me of writing ``nonsense" with regard to price rises and GST, citing insurance as an example.Cash-for-comment: John Laws And 2ue Are At It Again
Friday December 5, 2003
Three years after the cash-for-comment scandal, the Australian Broadcasting Authority has again found 2UE's John Laws program guilty of failing to reveal sponsorship agreements. The station had ``repeatedly" failed to adequately disclose on air Laws's arrangements with Telstra and NRMA Insurance, the watchdog said. 2UE will now be subject to random spot checks and possibly a big fine.Insurance Crisis Still Sending Community Groups To The Wall
Monday December 1, 2003
Two years after terrorist bombings and the collapse of HIH sent insurance premiums soaring, the state's community groups and charities remain in the grip of the public liability crisis.Insurance Costs Must Be Stopped
Tuesday October 7, 2003
I WRITE in reply to the article by Antony Field ``Insurance threat to surf patrol future"Fears New Laws Will Erode Rights Of Injured
Sunday September 21, 2003
The State Government is preparing a second wave of public liability and medical indemnity laws in a move the legal profession fears will further erode the rights of the injured to sue.Changes To Negligence Laws Have Made Us Less Litigious, Boasts Carr
Wednesday August 13, 2003
The State Government's biggest rewrite of negligence laws in 70 years had stabilised the insurance market and pushed claims down, the Premier, Bob Carr, said yesterday.Doctors Get Federal Insurance
Saturday May 24, 2003
Doctors will be protected from excessive negligence claims and soaring insurance premiums after they retire, under a Federal Government plan to solve a looming medical indemnity crisis.Compo Law Shake-up To Put Rein On Claims
Tuesday May 20, 2003
Victorians will retain their right to sue for negligence but are likely to face limited payouts for small claims under new insurance laws to be announced today by the State Government.Health System Under Threat
Monday May 5, 2003
THE crisis facing Australian medical indemnity laws was a greater immediate threat to the health system than proposed changes to Medicare, a rally in Melbourne heard yesterday.