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Insurance facts and figures 2007 - PwC

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Contents<br />

Introduction 2<br />

1 Industry information 3<br />

Top 15 general insurers 4<br />

Top 15 life insurers 6<br />

Top 15 health insurers 8<br />

Top 10 government insurers 10<br />

Investment performance indicators 12<br />

Inflation indicators 14<br />

General insurance 15<br />

Life insurance 20<br />

Health insurance 22<br />

2 Regulation <strong>and</strong> supervision 25<br />

Developments 26<br />

Framework 30<br />

• Reserve Bank of Australia 30<br />

• Australian Prudential Regulation Authority 30<br />

• Australian Securities <strong>and</strong> Investments Commission 33<br />

• Private Health <strong>Insurance</strong> Administration Council 33<br />

Authorisation 34<br />

Supervision <strong>and</strong> compliance 40<br />

Solvency <strong>and</strong> capital adequacy requirements 49<br />

Investment policy 65<br />

Reinsurance 66<br />

3 Policyholder protection 71<br />

Framework 72<br />

• <strong>Insurance</strong> Council of Australia 73<br />

Product disclosure 75<br />

Pricing <strong>and</strong> competition 77<br />

Sales practice regulation 79<br />

Ability to pay claims 80<br />

Use of personal information 81<br />

Sources of redress 82<br />

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