Programs and initiatives
We oversee the medical and midwife professional indemnity insurance schemes. These schemes provide funding to help with the cost of insurance premiums and claims.
Reforms and reviews
We review the medical indemnity insurance industry and schemes and related legislation as needed.
Our past reforms and reviews include the:
Consultation and engagement
We consult and engage with our stakeholders to help us understand their needs. Our stakeholders include:
- medical indemnity insurers
- health and medical professionals
- patients and consumers.
We also work with other government agencies on indemnity insurance, including:
Reporting
Universal cover reporting
Medical indemnity insurers must not impose a risk surcharge or refuse to cover a medical practitioner, except in certain circumstances. After the end of the financial year, they must report the number of times they do either.
We report the total number for all insurers each financial year, in line with legislative requirements.
Medical indemnity universal cover annual reports
Reporting on the run-off cover schemes
Medical indemnity legislation also requires annual:
Legislation
We administer indemnity legislation on behalf of our ministers.