Australia Insurance Update

The Insurance Laws (Amendments) Bill will increase the foreign equity cap in Indian insurance companies to 49% and will treat Lloyd's of London as a foreign company.

If executed right, aircraft pre-delivery payment financing can actually be less risky than traditional aircraft finance.

As the risk of a data breach has rapidly increased with constantly changing technology, businesses have to address the issue now.

Almost three years after the enactment of the Coastal Trading Act, it has failed to revitalise the Australian shipping industry.

The G20 has given the Sydney-based Global Infrastructure Hub only a four year mandate to realise its goal of closing the global infrastructure gap.

Significant changes made to the laws in New South Wales regarding home building work are worthy of close scrutiny.

The crash of world oil prices can create great pressure for principals and suppliers to take a commercial decision to walk away from contracts as a result of market conditions. Should a party find themselves facing a contractual termination issue, ...

If enacted, the proposed Private Health Insurance Act 2015 will empower Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to administer the prudential regulation of the private health insurance industry in Australia and the provisions of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 relating to the establishment, ...

Not only has the NSW Government announced the "ground-breaking" creation of a cash retention trust scheme for "the protection of subcontractors", but we have also been told to expect in 2015 a full review of the Building and Construction Industry Security ...

China has committed to allow Australian insurance providers access to China’s lucrative statutory third-party liability motor vehicle insurance market.

Under a revised privacy regime, the Australian Privacy Commissioner has a range of increased powers. Businesses need to ensure that systems and procedures are up to scratch and compliant with the new rules.

Don’t be ‘shirt-fronted’ by the proposed amendments to Australia’s autonomous sanctions ...

The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement will unlock significant commercial opportunities for Australian businesses and provide enhanced investment protections ...

BIM is increasingly being used in the Australian construction and infrastructure industry. As more and more projects adopt BIM to manage design and construction, parties need to consider the various legal implications relating to the allocation of risk, intellectual property, ...