Reports provided about insurers’ profitability
Dear Australian Competition and Consumer Commission,
This is an application for the purposes of the FOI Act.
I am seeking copies of the following reports produced by:
1. Cumpston Sarjeant Pty Ltd, which was commissioned by the Law Council of Australia; and
2. Finity Consulting, which was commissioned by the Insurance Council of Australia.
The information below is provided to enable a responsible officer to identify the documents requested.
In July 2002 the Federal Government asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to monitor costs and premiums in public liability and professional indemnity insurance to assess the extent to which insurance companies are passing on to consumers the benefits of insurance reforms.
Five ACCC reports can be accessed from the link:
https://www.accc.gov.au/publications/pub...
The ACCC, fifth monitoring report dated July 2005 includes:
Summary:
"Both the Law Council of Australia and the Insurance Council of Australia have recently commissioned reports that discuss insurers’ profitability and the effect of tort reforms."
Page 3:
"The ACCC asked insurers to provide information about policies, premiums, costs and profitability."
Page 6:
"This chapter presents information on public liability insurance from several sources outside the ACCC’s monitoring program, namely:
• the number of personal injury writs and civil claims lodged with courts in Victoria and New South Wales
• the amount of compensation recovered by the Health Insurance Commission
• the availability of insurance for the not-for-profit sector
• recent reports on the profitability of insurers.
Page 44:
6.4 Insurer's financial performance
"Two recent reports by consulting actuaries discuss insurers’ profitability and the effect of tort reforms. These reports were produced by Cumpston Sarjeant Pty Ltd, which was commissioned by the Law Council of Australia, and Finity Consulting, which was commissioned by the Insurance Council of Australia."
"The ACCC has not reviewed the data, assumptions or findings of either of these reports as part of its monitoring program. However, the ACCC notes the following in respect of some of the issues discussed in these reports."
The public has a right to know what the ACCC ought to have known in 2005. The above requested reports would have been produced with the view that the public would be provided details of their content.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further information.
Yours faithfully,
Julie Middleton
Dear Ms Middleton,
Please find attached letter for your consideration.
Kind regards,
FOI Team
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
T: (02) 6243 1244
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Please find the attached letter for your consideration.
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Dear Australian Competition and Consumer Commission,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's handling of my FOI request 'Reports provided about insurers’ profitability'.
Your letter dated 9 December 2019 stated:
"The Cumpston Sarjeant Pty Ltd report is publicly available and can be found on The Parliament of New South Wales website:
https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/commit...
2488/Submission%202%20-%20attachment%201.pdf"
When I selected the link provided, the message was: "Page not found"
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/r...
Yours faithfully,
Julie Middleton
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Dear Ms Middleton
The document should be accessible via this link: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/commit...
If you have any difficulties accessing this document please contact us on 02 6243 1244.
Regards
Sonya Petreski
FOI Officer | Corporate Law Unit, Legal Group
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
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Dear Ms Middleton
We trust that the link works and that this satisfies your request. On this basis, we assume that you agree to withdraw your internal review request. If that is not the case, please notify us by 18 December 2019 that you wish to proceed with an internal review.
Regards
Sonya Petreski
FOI Officer | Corporate Law Unit, Legal Group
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
Level 2 | 23 Marcus Clarke Street Canberra 2601 | http://www.[ACCC request email]
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