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MINISTER FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 1049
Housing and Community Services Portfolio -
Comcare Premiums and Claims
MR CORNWELL: Asked the Minister for Housing and Community Services upon notice on 19 October 1993 - In relation to Comcare Premiums -
(1) Why has the premium for Housing increased by 125% and for Community Services by 84.4% for this financial year when the average increase for an ACT agency or authority is around 24%.
(2) In (a) 1991-92 and (b) 1992-93 what were the number of claims made
and the average payout per claim for Housing and for Community
Services.
(3) Has the number of claims or the amount of payouts affected the premiums charged for Housing and for Community Services.
MR CONNOLLY: The answer to the Members question is as follows -
Advice from Comcare Australia is as follows:
(1) In relation to the Housing Trust:
"Premium for 1993-94 consists of two parts, one being the prescribed amount for 1993/94 (206,927) and a premium reconciliation from 1992/93 of $59,297. This later figure is due to a deterioration in the claims experience from the 1991 /92 experience year.
Premium rate has increased by 73% for 1993/94 due to increase in average claim cost from $7,431 (as at 4/92) to $8,069 (as at 4/93). In addition to this ACT Housing Trust was allocated to a group of other small ACT Government premium payers and the group performance also contributed to the increase in premium rate."
In relation to Community Services:
"Premium for 1993/94 consists of two parts, one being the prescribed amount for 1993/94 (584,090) and a premium reconciliation from 1992-93 of $54,366. This latter figure is due to a deterioration in the claims experience from the 1991-92 experience year.
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