Hi Allan, Was looking for your expertise on the above if you have a moment – I am working with a Registered Club and the treatment of Jobkeeper payments were mentioned. They have advised: The payroll for the financial year excluding Job keeper was $590,353. There were thirteen staff on job keeper and the Club received $126,750 from the Job keeper subsidy. The client has […]
Congratulations to the finalists & winners of the 2020 Mansfields, thanks to the sponsors and to the production team
I just want to add my hearty congratulations to all the finalists and winners in this year’s Mansfield Awards for Claims Excellence. Very well done to you all. Rather than me retype it all, I take this extract from InsuranceNEWS breaking news. Personal lines: The winner was Allianz. The other finalists were Australian Seniors, Millennium Underwriting Agencies and RACT. SME property and casualty: The winner was Hollard […]
Product Recalls Australia – 21st July 2020
From the ACCC: SsangYong Australia — SsangYong Chairman MY2001-2007 Global Fitness and Leisure — Rocky Mountain Instinct, Instinct BC and Pipeline Bicycles MY2018-2020 Super Kid Star Pty Ltd — PAW Patrol Racer Team Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific Pty Ltd — Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 Passenger Cars MY2018-2019 Decathlon (Australia) Pty Ltd — Basketball Hoop Set Kipsta B300, Adult Basketball Hoop Set Kipsta B700, Basketball Ring 500 and Basket […]
Please register for the Mansfield Awards 2020
Claims are such an important part of the insurance industry and I invite everyone who has not already registered, to please do so for this year’s Mansfield Awards celebrating Claims Excellence. This will take place at 2.00pm Australian Eastern Standard time, this coming Thursday 23rd July 2020. Normally held in Sydney, but due to COVID-19 it will be all done and streamed online. To register […]
Product Recalls Australia – 14th July 2020
From the ACCC: Jinsung Trading Pty Ltd — Healthy King Cracker Puffed Rice 60g and Puffed Rice Snack 160g Tasmanian Food Co Dairy — Tasmanian Cheese Co Chilli Cheddar 150g New Eastland Pty Ltd — Xiong Mao Pai (Panda Brand) Bamboo Fungus 100g Supercheap Auto Pty Ltd — Tahwalhi Electric Scooter 100kg Haultech Engineering Pty Ltd — Icepack Electric Heater for Icepack ES Sleeper Cab […]
Where to get help in times of crisis
Yesterday, after I posted the article talking about the tragedy of suicide, I received a few messages checking on me and, some other, thanking me for touching this sensitive topic. Today, I read that calls from Victorians to crisis support and suicide prevention service Lifeline are up 22 per cent since Sunday, compared to the same time period last year (thank you, Janette). They received […]
Suicide: the hidden cost of a second shut down
On Friday evening, a person jumped in front of a train on the Glen Waverley line just near my home. My thoughts went to the family of the deceased, to the police and emergency service workers, and the innocent train driver. Then I asked myself ‘why?’, and I hoped that it was not due to the second shut down that has been ordered in Greater […]
Have your say on Emergency Services Levy
The ever increasing Emergency Services Levy is of concern to so many of us in the insurance industry. A panel reporting to New South Wales Treasury is preparing a report, which like every enquiry I know of recommends the removal of the unfair and unjust tax. Before the Panel delivers its Final Report to government, views on the draft recommendations are welcome. Please take the […]
Product Recalls Australia – 7th July 2020
From the ACCC: Kathmandu — Karinjo Baby Carrier 40634 v2 Halo Top Australia Pty Ltd — Halo Top Chocolate Ice Cream 473mL Hanes Innerwear Australia Pty Ltd — Bonds Poodlette Zip Wondersuit (Navy) CL AUS Pty Ltd— Deluxe Foldable Kids Tricycle Baby Toddler Bike Trike with Canopy Parent Push Yong Anh Oriental Sweet — Pandan Cake 300g Bentley Motors Limited — Bentley Bentayga V8 MY2018-2020 […]
The Mansfield Awards 2020
Regular readers will have seen that I have not been active as much as normal of late. That is because I have been working with our statistician in finalising the latest ClaimsComparison.com star ratings, and this in turn flows through to the finalists and winners of the 2020 Mansfield Awards. This took a lot longer than normal due to an increase number of responses. I […]