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Insurance Pocketbook 2023

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King & Wood Mallesons is delighted to be bringing you this third edition of the Insurance Pocketbook. The inspiration behind the Insurance Pocketbook was that we wanted to find a better way of sharing our insight and experience with our clients, and industry stakeholders. We have been overwhelmed by the support and feedback we have received on previous editions and hope to catch up with you soon.

Inside this third edition of the Insurance Pocketbook you will find:

  • informed commentary from Mandy Tsang, Sarah Yu, Jim Boynton, and their teams on trends they are observing in the market, and the impact of current reform;
  • exclusive interviews with Nicholas Ferrari (the Head of Transactional Liability Australia and New Zealand at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance) and Gill Collins with Cyber Incident Management and Cyber Consulting, Pacific at Marsh; and
  • succinct case notes on significant decisions from the last year, as well as a spotlight on some classic Australian insurance cases.
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Latest Thinking
Insight
In July 2026 an Expert Panel of the Fair Work Commission (the Expert Panel) determined that given the then drop in national diesel prices, and despite the obligations imposed on primary and secondary parties under the Road Transport Contractual Chain Order – Fuel Cost Recovery – 2026 (RTCCO) having already ceased as a result, the RTCCO itself would nonetheless live on.

22 October 2026

Insight
ASIC has announced its sector-specific supervisory priorities for 2026-27, signalling its focus areas, expectations of industry and the potential targets of future enforcement action.

21 October 2026

Insight
The duty to act with utmost good faith is a foundational principle of insurance in Australia. An insurer’s failure to comply with that duty is a contravention of s 13(2A) of the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (Cth) (ICA) and can attract civil penalties.

21 October 2026