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Insurance issues for Australians living with mental illness

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 2 2012

The Insurance Reform Advisory Group (IRAG) has coordinated a working party to examine the obstacles experienced by Australians with mental illness when accessing or making a claim upon certain general insurance products

Strengthening APRA's crisis management powers implications for general insurers

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 2 2012

The Federal Government has proposed a major strengthening of APRA’s crisis management powers and has released a consultation paper containing wide-ranging proposals for financial services reform that are now open to industry comment

Casting a wider net proposed reforms compel general insurers to improve access to insurance for older Australians

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • November 2 2012

Equality of access to insurance for aging Australians is now firmly on the federal government’s agenda

Review of capital standards for general insurers - APRA responds to submissions and releases final prudential standards

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • October 12 2012

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Response to Submissions made on APRA’s current review of capital adequacy standards for general and life insurers

Standardising the definition of "flood"

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 27 2011

On 4 March 2011, the Federal Government announced the Natural Disaster Insurance Review (NIDR) in response to the significant natural disasters experienced in various parts of Australia early this year and late last year

Seeing double or crystal clear - when does co-ordinate liability arise

  • King & Wood Mallesons
  • -
  • Australia
  • -
  • June 27 2011

The recent New South Wales Court of Appeal decision of Zurich Australia Insurance Ltd v GIO General Ltd 2011 NSWCA 47 (Zurich v GIO No 2) provides further clarification of the principles to be applied when determining whether double insurance exists and, accordingly, whether contribution is required between insurers