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    asic v adler hih insurance HIH Insurance was founded in 1968 by Ray Williams and Michael Payne‚ which was known as "M W Payne Underwriting Agency Pty Ltd". However‚ their company was acquired in 1971 by a British company called CE Heath PLC and appointed Ray Williams to be the board of CE Heath PLC in 1980. In 1989‚ the business operations of CE Heath PLC were transferred to CE Heath International Holdings Ltd. And the company floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1992. After 3 years

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    Corporate Governance HIH; What Went Wrong? During 2000 at the Institute of Actuaries annual seminar on general insurance‚ two senior actuaries‚ Peter McCarthy and Geoff Trahair‚ presented a paper that rang alarm bells for HIH Insurance. Even though HIH was not mentioned in the paper [entitled “Lack of industry profitability and other stories”] the insurance industry was accused of under pricing policies‚ pressuring actuaries to reduce the projected level of outstanding claims liabilities and

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    HIH Insurance – Liquidation and Breach of Duty by Directors Background There are few surprises when it comes to insurance‚ but when they do come; they nearly always bring bad news. Such was the demise of HIH Insurance Limited (HIH): both a surprise (to many) and very bad news for many policyholders. On Thursday‚ 15 March 2001‚ HIH received approval from the NSW Supreme Court to place HIH into provisional liquidation. Tony McGrath of KPMG was appointed as provisional liquidator to HIH and 17

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    HIH Insurance – Due to the high risky areas the company has incurred the following losses: - The company has acquired the business of the FAI Insurance which is involved in the more risky business of the insurance. The company has incurred the considerable damage claims. - The company has entered into the insurance of film financing services which has led to the loss of dollar hundred million in the year. - Due to the insurance business in the field of natural disasters‚ the company has incurred

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    3 2.2 U.S.A. 3 2.3 FAI. 4 2.4 HIH accounts. 5 List of references. 7 1. Introduction. On March 15 March 2001 Australia’s second largest insurer‚ HIH collapsed with debts in excess of A$5billion. This report intends to discuss some of HIH’s business objectives and creative accounting practices that may have attributed to the collapse of the company. 1.1 History. HIH began operating in Australia in 1968 under the name C.E. Heath plc‚ an English based insurance company whose Australian operations

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    the HIH Group. Mr Cooper was convicted on six charges of corruptly giving a series of cash benefits to influence an agent of HIH Insurance Limited and on seven charges of publishing false or misleading statements with intent to obtain a financial advantage. On 15 December 2004‚ Mr Ray Williams pleaded guilty to three charges: of failing to properly exercise his duties as company director by signing a misleading letter to FAI Note Holders; giving investors misleading information in the HIH 1998-99

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    Case note ASIC v Adler (No 3) (2002) 20 ACLC 576 Parties 1 2 3 Plaintiff: Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) Defendants: Rodney Adler‚ Raymond Williams‚ Dominic Fodera and the Adler Corporation Pty Limited Judge: Santow J Facts 4 HIHC made an undocumented $10 million payment to a company controlled by Adler‚ PEE. Around the time of the payment‚ PEE became a trustee of a unit trust controlled by the Adler Corporation and two others. Units in the Trust were issued to HIHC

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    Collapse of HIH Insurance KEY FINDINGS The collapse of HIH Insurance (HIH) in early 2001 will significantly affect NSW Government finances: ♦ A $600 million liability (estimated) has been included in the 2001-02 NSW Budget. This amount relates to a support package set up by the NSW Government for NSW residents who have HIH Compulsory Third Party (CTP) and home-owner warranty insurance claims. NSW public sector agencies have $30.5 million of outstanding and potential claims with HIH Insurance. A $28 million

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    Contents 1.0 Executive Summary Firstly‚ an introduction and background relating to HIH insurance company will be given. Then the cause of HIH collapse is going to be discuss in the following part‚ mainly focused on the failure of financial risk management‚ the failure of auditor‚ the failure of regulation and the lack of independence for non-executive director. Thirdly‚ according to the analysis of the problem‚ the paper offers suggestions as to

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    1. INTRODUCTION “The collapse of the HIH Insurance group (“HIH”) resulted in a deficiency of up to A$5.3 billion‚ making it Australia’s largest corporate failure. The ensuing Royal Commission report released in April 2003 provides a rare detailed dissection of a spectacular corporate implosion and a very useful case study from which corporate governance lessons may be learned. This is particular so because HIH was not unusual case of major fraud or embezzlement. The failures identified by Commissioner

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