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Insurance Pocketbook 2024

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The last 12 months has seen a period of swings and roundabouts for insurance.

Our fourth edition of the Insurance Pocketbook shares some of our experience and insights into Australia’s legislative and regulatory environment, along with a practical view on significant insurance claims and the broader insurance industry.

In this edition you will find:

  • Informed commentary from Partner Mandy Tsang and Restructuring & Insolvency expert and Partner Samantha Kinsey.
  • Succinct case notes on significant decisions from the last year, as well as a spotlight on some classic Australian insurance cases.
  • Exclusive interviews with:
    • Anne Knight (General Counsel for the Insurance Council of Australia).
    • Christine Cupitt (CEO at the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI)).
    • Steven Loveday (Managing Principal, Financial and Professional Liability (FINPRO) Practice at Marsh).
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Insurance Pocketbook 2024
Our fourth edition of the Insurance Pocketbook shares some of our experience and insights into Australia’s legislative and regulatory environment, along with a practical view on significant insurance claims and the broader insurance industry.

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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