AFCA serves as an independent body that specialises in resolving financial disputes, including those related to travel insurance.

The High Court, by a majority, overturned an arbitration award over a dispute of the coverage of a reinsurance treaty.

Eight key developments shaping the year ahead.

A discussion of UK litigation involving an Australian reinsurer.

This recent NSW Court of Appeal decision highlights the importance of clearly defining the scope of reinsurance cover.

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse has been running in Australia since 2013.

Amaca Pty Ltd & Ors v Messrs A G McGrath & C J Honey (as liquidators of HIH Group of Companies) & Anor [2012] NSWSC 176.

A recent UK decision considering the 9/11 terrorist attacks has removed uncertainty in the reinsurance market.

Insurers should welcome the latest changes to APRA's package of refinements to the general insurance prudential framework, as they will allow unsecured reinsurance recoverables from non-APRA authorised reinsurers to be recognised.

In Zheng v Cai [2009] HCA 52 the High Court held that payments made by a church to an injured plaintiff were not to be considered in the plaintiff’s economic loss assessment.

Policies usually give the insurer the right to exclude or cancel the insured's claim where there is terrorist event.

Can the liquidator of an insurer avoid the requirement to forward reinsurance payouts to the parties it has insured?

Following the HIH collapse in 2001, insurers writing HOW policies under the various state Home Building Warranty schemes have routinely sought indemnities and bank guarantees from builders before issuing certificates of insurance.

Do so-called "back-to-back" reinsurance contracts provide cover co-extensive with the insurance, particularly where similar terminology is used?

High Court rules that exclusion clauses and limitations have a precise meaning separate to the scope of insurance cover.

Broad new planning powers will be vested in the Queensland Reconstruction Authority under the Queensland Reconstruction Authority Bill, which was passed by State Parliament on 17 February 2011.

This High Court decision is important for reinsurers and for parties involved in commercial arbitration.

As the Middle East conflict continues to disrupt global energy markets, Australian businesses are confronting a familiar threat in an unfamiliar form. This is not a direct war risk in the traditional sense. It is something more insidious, a fuel driven economic shock that is rapidly cascading into balance sheets, boardrooms and ultimately insurance claims.

A discussion of Ruscoe v Canterbury Policy Holders HC WN CIV 2011-485-1535.

The NSW Supreme Court has confirmed that contracts of reinsurance are subject to the beneficial operation of section 18B of the NSW Insurance Act 1902 - and that exclusions and limitations have a precise meaning separate to the scope of cover.