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Opportunities to manage Chinese insurance assets

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia, China
  • -
  • June 5 2013

PRC insurance companies are being encouraged to invest offshore in a number of countries including Australia. This presents a potential source of

Insurance issues in drilling contracts

  • Piper Alderman
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 24 2013

When drafting or negotiating drilling contracts parties need to know what insurance arrangements their companies (or clients) have in place and what

Market trends in W&I insurance

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

The hottest issue in W&I insurance at the moment is the difficulty in achieving coverage for ‘New Breaches’ where there is a material gap between

Are you FOFA ready? Scaled advice and its interaction with the new best interests duty

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 23 2013

The Australian Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation commenced on 1 July 2012 and compliance will be mandatory from 1 July 2013

Informal system of cleaning satisfactory a win for the defendant

  • McInnes Wilson Lawyers
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 22 2013

Judgment in the matter of Ryland v QBE Insurance (Australia) Limited 2013 NSWCA 120 was handed down on 3 May 2013. The Plaintiff in this matter

Unfair contract terms protection extended to general insurance contracts

  • Corrs Chambers Westgarth
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The unfair contracts terms regime is being extended to all general insurance contracts (other than contracts for life insurance). Companies should

Section 54 is in for the long haul

  • Clyde & Co LLP
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 16 2013

Matthew Maxwell v Highway Hauliers Pty Ltd 2013 WASCA 115 is an appeal from a decision by the Supreme Court of Western Australia which held that

Ensuring insurance is not unfair proposed extension to the unfair contract terms regime

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 15 2013

Following an announcement made on 20 December 2012, the Assistant Treasurer, the Hon David Bradbury MP, has now released proposed legislative

Public consultation commences for Insurance Contracts Amendment (Unfair Terms) Bill 2013

  • Clyde & Co LLP
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  • Australia
  • -
  • May 14 2013

The Assistant Treasurer has released an Exposure Draft of the Insurance Contracts Amendment (Unfair Terms) Bill 2013 (the Bill). The closing date for

Government releases draft unfair contracts bill

  • Gadens Lawyers
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • May 14 2013

Despite much consternation on the part of insurers, Treasury has released the Insurance Contracts Amendment (Unfair Terms) Bill 2013 which amends the