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ACC Board recognises vision of outgoing Chief Executive
Thursday, 14 June 2012, 11:40 am | Accident Compensation Corporation
The ACC Board today unanimously expressed its sadness at the news ACC Chief Executive Ralph Stewart was standing down. Board Chairman John Judge said “We believe the vision and strategy he planned for ACC, and which has been signed off, are exciting ... More >>
ACC Chief Executive Ralph Stewart stepping down
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 11:42 am | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC Chief Executive Ralph Stewart has today announced that he is stepping down from his position. More >>
ACC Announces Appointment of Independent Experts
Friday, 23 March 2012, 4:13 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
Ralph Stewart, ACC’s Chief Executive, announced today the Office of the Privacy Commissioner in conjunction with the ACC Board has commissioned an independent inquiry and approved the terms of reference into the recent privacy incident at ACC. More >>
ACC media privacy update
Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 4:44 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC apologises for the release of some client information. It was a regrettable breach of process. No personal information about individual client's case histories was in the document. It was sent to one ACC client. The information has been destroyed ... More >>
Help solve a national problem, win $10,000
Monday, 12 March 2012, 9:46 am | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC is launching a competition calling on Kiwis to use their number eight wire thinking to come up with ideas that will help prevent falls in and around the home. More >>
Storm warning – be careful in the clean-up
Friday, 9 March 2012, 4:46 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
As New Zealanders continue to clean up after last week’s weather bomb, ACC is warning them to be careful, especially when using tools such as chainsaws. More >>
New ACC vocational rehabilitation service goes live
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 4:14 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
A new and comprehensive ACC vocational rehabilitation service went live today (editor: Thursday 1 March 2012 ), bringing with it a clear focus on early rehabilitation for people to return to work following injury. More >>
Home detention for man who kept working while claiming ACC
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 10:38 am | Accident Compensation Corporation
A ‘tip-off’ to ACC’s freephone fraud reporting line led to the conviction of Paraparaumu man Simon John Kruidenier in the Porirua District Court recently for defrauding ACC. More >>
Jail sentence imposed after father and son ‘invent’ job
Friday, 20 January 2012, 5:12 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
Jonathan Lloyd Kenneth Adolph, aged 36 of Hamilton, was sentenced today to two and a half years’ imprisonment in the Hamilton District Court, after he made up details of a non-existent job to fraudulently claim ACC weekly compensation. More >>
An ACC holiday KISS: Keep It Safe and Sound
Friday, 23 December 2011, 2:52 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
Last Christmas holidays 14,000 people had their well deserved vacation marred by injury. "Summer holidays should be a time for you and your family to enjoy together. We don't want kiwis having their hard earned holidays cut short by an accident,” ... More >>
Christmas Porkies
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 11:44 am | Accident Compensation Corporation
The humble ham proved the undoing for some Kiwi cooks last Christmas, with several claims accepted by ACC for ham-related injuries. More >>
New campaign to prevent on-farm accidents
Monday, 14 November 2011, 1:46 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
A work injury can end a farmer’s days on the land, so ACC has teamed up with Federated Farmers to launch a new campaign to raise awareness of the human causes of accidents. More >>
Don't learn safety rules simply by accident - ACC
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 9:58 am | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC is urging people to stay safe this weekend after 1,100 working age people were injured in a fall at home during Labour Weekend 2010. More >>
Further reduction in ACC deficit welcomed
Wednesday, 12 October 2011, 3:07 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC’s finances continued to improve in 2010/11, according to information in its Annual Report tabled in Parliament today. The Annual Report shows a net surplus of $3.545 billion for the year, which will be used to reduce ACC’s outstanding deficit. More >>
Catalyst Risk Management sold
Friday, 30 September 2011, 4:47 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC has sold its wholly owned subsidiary, Catalyst Risk Management Limited, to allow the Corporation to focus more on its core business. More >>
ACC Appoints Ralph Stewart As CEO
Monday, 22 August 2011, 1:13 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC has appointed Ralph Stewart as chief executive based in Wellington. He takes up his new role on 19 September. More >>
ACC: Cold weather can add to farm hazards
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 4:11 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
Snow and extreme weather conditions are coinciding with lambing for sheep farmers have highlighted the need to keep safe on the farm this winter. A farmer or agricultural worker is injured almost every half hour in New Zealand, and the ... More >>
7600+ NZers were injured falling out of bed last year
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 11:27 am | Accident Compensation Corporation
Falls are the biggest cause of injuries in the home and the number of New Zealanders injured in their own home is more than those injured at work or on the road. More >>
ACC: Wellingtonians warned not to become sidelined by a fall
Monday, 15 August 2011, 2:47 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
Falls in the home disrupted the lives and livelihoods of over 9,650 people aged between 25 and 64 years in the Wellington-Wairarapa region last year. More >>
ACC wishes police well in drink-drive campaign
Saturday, 27 November 2010, 12:42 pm | Accident Compensation Corporation
ACC welcomes Operation RAID (Remove all Impaired Drivers), the joint NZ and Australian crackdown on drink driving which starts this weekend. More >>
