This newsletter includes information on the following appointments to the Personal Injury Commission:

For 1 Octobers2020sindexationsof costs and fees,spleasesseesbelow updates:

The John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research (JWCRR) completed a rapid review of recent studies to identify best practicesinsthe management ofschronicspain in a compensable population.

Guild Insurance Limited (‘Guild’) has applied to the State Insurance Regulatory Authority to expand its Defined Industry to include the early learning sector.

The NSW Government has introduced a Bill to establish a one-stop shop Personal Injury Commission (PIC), to simplify the dispute resolution system for injured road users and workers who make a compensation claim.

Injured workers will be eligible for two new benefits that provide further support for them to return to work.

The Licensing framework for specialised insurers requires SIRA to provide notification on its website when an application to renew an existing licence is received.

Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello today announced further changes to the state’s workers compensation regulations, which boosts benefits for injured workers to assist in their recovery and return to work.

The inaugural Board of the State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) has been appointed by NSW Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello.

The NSW State Regulatory Insurance Authority (SIRA) has released an Issues Paper for public comment as part of a review into workers compensation self-insurance licensing arrangements in NSW.