INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WA

Functions

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Our main statutory functions, as defined by the Insurance Commission of Western Australia Act 1986, are:
  1. to issue, or cause to be issued, and undertake liability under policies of insurance as required by the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943;
  2. to issue and undertake liability under policies of insurance as required by section 163 of the Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981, (i.e. pneumoconiosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma);
  3. to manage and administer insurance and risk management arrangements on behalf of public authorities;
  4. to manage and administer insurance and risk management arrangements on behalf of eligible community organisations;
  5. to provide services, facilities and advice to those public authorities in respect of the management of claims against them or against funds maintained or administered by them under any written law;
  6. to initiate, or participate in, and promote programmes and schemes for:
    • research into the treatment of industrial diseases and personal injury; and
    • research into, education for, and promotion of public awareness relating to the prevention of industrial diseases, personal injury and accidental death,
    being programmes and schemes relevant to risks in respect of which the Insurance Commission is to provide insurance;
  7. to provide advice to the Government on matters relating to insurance and risk management; and
  8. to invest and manage moneys and other property under its control.