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SYDNEY, June 13 Asia Pulse - Like most flood victims, Richard Nederkoorn didn't think it would happen to him. And like many flood victims, his insurance policies wouldn't cover the [...]

SYDNEY, Feb 22 Asia Pulse - Floods posed the greatest single threat to the insurance industry's reputation, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said today. ICA executive director Alan Mason [...]

Repeating to correct headline. MELBOURNE, Nov 11 Asia Pulse - While the Australian public was demanding insurers and governments cover them if they get into difficulties increased regulation would not [...]

SYDNEY, July 16 Asia Pulse - The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) today said it had appointed the former Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, David Knott, to independently [...]

SYDNEY, Dec 17 Asia Pulse - The insurance industry's peak body today urged the federal government to introduce a new scheme to give policyholders greater protection against another HIH Insurance-style [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for June 13, 2003, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. TAXES ON AUSTRALIAN INSURANCE [...]

SYDNEY, June 12 Asia Pulse - The need to remove taxes on insurance policies is the top issue to be tackled by the newly elected president of the industry's peak [...]

SYDNEY, June 12 Asia Pulse - The need to remove taxes on insurance policies is the top issue to be tackled by the newly elected president of the industry's peak [...]

CANBERRA, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - The insurance industry today will try to blame every level of government if public liability cover failed to become cheaper and more available. The [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for Sept 13, 2002, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. KOREA'S KYOBO LIFE TO [...]

SYDNEY, Aug 20 Asia Pulse - Australian insurers yesterday called for a special Policyholder Protection Scheme (PPS) to be set up as a financial safety net in case of another [...]

SYDNEY, June 17 Asia Pulse - New South Wales state Premier Bob Carr today emphatically ruled out taxpayers footing the bill for an industry-based scheme to help fix Australia's public [...]

CANBERRA, March 26 Asia Pulse - Australian insurance companies have been sent a stern warning by business and community groups ahead of Wednesday's ministerial meeting on public liability insurance. In [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for Jan 3, 2002, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. CHINA PACIFIC INSURANCE COLLECTS [...]

SYDNEY, Jan 2 Asia Pulse - Insurers were counting the cost as the worst bushfires in seven years continued to spread across New South Wales today. Up until Monday, the [...]

SYDNEY, Jan 2 Asia Pulse - Insurances companies are still adding up the costs as the worst bushfires in seven years in New South Wales continued to rage. As of [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for Dec 28, 2001, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. AM BEST ASSIGNS PRUDENTIAL [...]

SYDNEY, Dec 28 Asia Pulse - Insurance assessors have begun inspections on fire damaged houses in NSW, and are expecting an insurance bill in the tens of millions of dollars. [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for Dec 27, 2001, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. AUSTRALIAN GOVT DELAYS CHANGES [...]

SYDNEY, Dec 26 Asia Pulse - New South Wales residents with bushfire-damaged homes will be compensated as long as their house was insured, said the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for Nov 30, 2001, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. INVESTIGATION INTO AUSTRALIA'S HIH [...]

MELBOURNE, Nov 29 Asia Pulse - The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has called on the federal government to set up a $A1 billion ($US520.1 million) insurance pool to guarantee [...]

SYDNEY, Nov 2 Asia Pulse - The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) is holding urgent talks with the federal, state and territory governments about the withdrawal of terrorism cover by [...]

SYDNEY, June 20 Asia Pulse - The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) today called for further amendments to the Insurance Act in its submission to the federal government, which is [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for June 20, 2001, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. AUSTRALIA'S ICA CALLS FOR [...]

SYDNEY, May 30 Asia Pulse - The Insurance Council of Australia has said that the annual $A69 million ($US35.78 million) tax on insurance companies sent a negative message to anyone [...]

SYDNEY, May 29 Asia Pulse - The government of New South Wales has established a new tax on insurance companies to pay out policyholders affected by the collapse of HIH [...]

SYDNEY, March 23 Asia Pulse - HIH Insurance Ltd may face legal action from shareholders following its decision to go into provisional liquidation a week ago. The Australian Shareholders Association [...]

An executive briefing on insurance for July 26, 2000, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities. HIGHER AUSTRALIAN INSURANCE COSTS [...]

SYDNEY, July 26 Asia Pulse - Rising insurance costs were the result of increases in taxes rather than premiums, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said today. The Consumer Price [...]

ADELAIDE, Feb 11 Asia Pulse - Australian Internet sites are just as vulnerable to hackers as the major US sites brought to a standstill in recent days, according to experts. [...]