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Insurance Broker Remuneration – 5 Legal Considerations
1. Commission Documentation Brokers should ensure that all commission, remuneration and financial benefit arrangements with insurers is appropriately documented…
Outstanding Insurance Lawyer Andrew Sharpe to join Meridian Lawyers’ Sydney Team.
Meridian Lawyers has made another strategic play, luring highly regarded insurance law specialist Andrew Sharpe from McCabes to the firm’s Sydney…
Release of Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice
On 18 December 2017, the Insurance in Superannuation Working Group (ISWG) released the “Insurance in Superannuation Voluntary Code of Practice”…
Court’s disdain for disability claim
Justice Pembroke’s decision in Doltic v Hannover Life Re of Australasia Limited in the Supreme Court of New South Wales…
70 years in the making: the Civil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Act 2017
Since 1946 Section 6 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 (‘Section 6’) has been the main vehicle through…
Vets must be vigilant to avoid legal action
An increasingly litigious society and ever-greater humanisation of pets means vets must be vigilant to avoid legal action. This article…
What does mandatory reporting mean for early child care workers?
Vital role of early childcare workers recognised by law reform – ‘Mason’s Law’: Changes to the Child Protection Act 1999…
Dealing with complex facts in assessing contribution for an asbestos exposure injury
The Supreme Court of Victoria decision of Swiatek, handed down on 21 December 2016, provides an insight into how the…
Brand loyalty in professional indemnity insurance: risks of shifting insurance cover
The case scenario: A registered health practitioner was involved in the treatment of a cardiac patient in 2008. The practitioner…
The insurer strikes back
The recent NSW Court of Appeal decision in Stealth Enterprises trading as The Gentleman’s Club v Calliden Insurance Limited (delivered…