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AFCA’S New Approach To General Insurance Claims Handling: GICOP Compliance May Not Be Enough
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has published new guidance clarifying how insurers must handle claims, including strict timeframes and expanded compensation rules. Insurers now face potential liability beyond policy limits for unreasonable delays, and may be required to compensate claimants for non-financial losses. With storm season approaching and complaint volumes rising, these changes create significant operational and financial pressure on the insurance industry.
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Gilchrist Connell
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From Sustainability To Supply Chains: Rethinking Data Centre Risk In APAC
Asia-Pacific data centre expansion is creating unprecedented insurance challenges as rapid infrastructure growth strains regional water and power resources. Could intensive resource consumption by data centres generate environmental liability claims from affected communities and regulators? And are traditional property insurance models adequately capturing the contingent business interruption risks created by concentrated digital infrastructure dependencies?
Australia Insurance
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Kennedys
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The Data Centre Boom: Growth, Opportunity And Emerging Risk For The Insurance Industry
Data centres have become critical infrastructure assets in Australia's digital economy, attracting significant investment while facing mounting regulatory scrutiny over energy demands and infrastructure costs. As these facilities expand to meet AI-driven computing needs, they present complex insurance challenges spanning climate exposure, business interruption risk, and cyber vulnerabilities that require careful risk management strategies.
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AFCA’S New Approach To General Insurance Claims Handling: GICOP Compliance May Not Be Enough
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has published new guidance clarifying how insurers must handle claims, including strict timeframes and expanded compensation rules. Insurers now face potential liability beyond policy limits for unreasonable delays, and may be required to compensate claimants for non-financial losses. With storm season approaching and complaint volumes rising, these changes create significant operational and financial pressure on the insurance industry.
Australia Insurance
GC
Gilchrist Connell
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From Sustainability To Supply Chains: Rethinking Data Centre Risk In APAC
Asia-Pacific data centre expansion is creating unprecedented insurance challenges as rapid infrastructure growth strains regional water and power resources. Could intensive resource consumption by data centres generate environmental liability claims from affected communities and regulators? And are traditional property insurance models adequately capturing the contingent business interruption risks created by concentrated digital infrastructure dependencies?
Australia Insurance
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Kennedys
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Go Ahead, Disprove My Case! – Section 52 Of The Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), Hypothetical Counterfactuals And The Onus Of Proof
The Supreme Court of Victoria has confirmed that where a defendant, in cases brought under section 52 of the Wrongs Act 1958 (Vic), raises a hypothetical counterfactual on the question of causation, the onus is on the plaintiff to prove every element of its own case, including proving that hypothetical counterfactual ought not be accepted.
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