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Allens acts for Allianz on Territory Insurance Office acquisition
News 01 Dec 2014

Allens has advised insurance company Allianz Australia on its purchase of the Northern Territory Government's general insurance business. Allianz Australia has entered into an agreement with the ...

All but one: Federal Government issues response to FSI report
Insight 20 Oct 2015

The Federal Government today released its long-awaited response to the Financial System Inquiry The Government says it has accepted all but one of the Inquirys 44 recommendations released late last year And this is broadly true with the only substantial recommendation to be rejected being the ...

Strangers no more - Taking action against an insolvent defendant's insurer
Insight 16 Feb 2016

The High Court of Australia has decided that a third party claimant can join an insolvent or potentially insolvent defendants insurer to proceedings to seek a declaration that the insurer is liable to indemnify the defendant Partner Andrew Maher and Lawyer Shelley Drenth discuss the decision and its ...

ASIC - A crackdown on corporate culture
Insight 04 Sep 2015

Corporate culture and its role in shaping conduct within the financial services sector is now clearly at the forefront of ASICs enforcement agenda This focus was apparent in ASICs 2014-2015 strategic outlook released in October 2014 which identified corporate culture as a key risk driver and poor ...

Life insurance, conflicted remuneration and commissions
Insight 03 Nov 2016

The Bill to amend the conflicted remuneration provisions in the Corporations Act for life insurance has been introduced into Parliament a second time and draft regulations have been released for comment However we struggle to know how to describe them because the changes seem to have conflicting ...

Practical pitfalls and the sacrosanct limitation of liability clause
Insight 07 Oct 2016

Commercial trusts could not operate without limitation of liability clauses however getting a limitation of liability clause just right is very challenging ...

The Life Insurance Code of Practice - just a code, or something more?
Insight 07 Oct 2016

The new Life Insurance Code of Practice has much to recommend it The paragraphs concerning policy design are a case in point But is the Code indeed just a code or does it purport to go further ...

Corporate culture and conduct risk
Insight 06 Oct 2015

Regulators particularly in the UK and Australia are increasingly interested in corporate culture in the financial services industry its impact on the integrity of the system and what the regulators are doing to try to entrench a corporate culture that works for the benefit of consumers and investors ...

Government says 'Yes ASIC'
Insight 06 Nov 2015

The FSI recommended that the Government emIntroduce an industry funding model for Australian Securities and Investment Commission ASIC and provide ASIC with stronger regulatory toolsem This recommendation No29 covers two topics that ASIC has pursued on a number of occasions including in its ...

'Tough cop' ASIC vs a Royal Commission
Insight 04 May 2016

Has talk of a royal commission turned the ASIC Capability Review into an unlikely catalyst for an enhanced enforcement agenda With Labor pushing hard for a royal commission into the banking and financial services industry and an election looming the Government moved swiftly to announce broad reform ...

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