Insurers News
Insurers Warned Over Climate Losses
Monday May 28, 2007
CLIMATE change is the most serious environmental risk facing society and insurers need to be more strategic, with economic losses from extreme weather events scaling new heights, according to a global report.Patient Alert On Hidden Gap Fees
Friday May 18, 2007
AS THE gap fees health funds pay doctors top $1 billion, the Health Minister, Tony Abbott, finds himself in a pre-election tug of war between doctors and insurers over fee disclosure.Patients Hit In Hip Pocket On Hip Device And Other Aids
Monday May 14, 2007
HUNDREDS of Australians implanted with a special hip prosthesis each year will be slapped with a new gap charge of more than $1000, after a Federal Government-appointed committee decided that private health insurers shouldn't have to pay the full cost of the device.