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❓ Hon Nick Goiran asks the Treasurer for detailed statistics on motor vehicle third party insurance claims handled by the Insurance Commission of Western Australia for the 2012-2013 financial year, covering claim numbers, settlement stages, deductible amounts, and unresolved cases.

AnsweredQoN 351Legislative Council

Asked

15 October 2013

Member

Hon Nick Goiran

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Treasurer

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I refer to all motor vehicle third party insurance claims with the Insurance Commission of Western Australia for the financial year ending 30 June 2013, and I ask: (a) how many notices of claims were received; (b) how many claims were settled without the need for a judgment after trial; (c) how many claims were finalised by virtue of a judgment after trial; (d) further to (b), how many of those claims were settled: (i) prior to the issue of a Writ of Summons (or similar); and (ii) after the issue of a Writ and at any time up to and including a pre-trial conference; (e) further to (b), how many of those claims included a reduction, whether in part or whole, for the general damages deductible; (f) further to (c), how many of those claims included a reduction, whether in part or whole, for the general damages deductible; (g) further to (e) and (f), what is the total in dollar terms of the general damages deductible for those claims; (h) how many claims remained unresolved; (i) in how many of those unresolved claims is liability disputed; and (j) in how many of those unresolved claims is the Commission involved in court proceedings?