For insurers - workers compensation updates

If you have further questions, please speak to your Supervision Manager.

Workers Compensation Guidelines

• Workers compensation guidelines July 2026
• 2026 Market Practice and Premiums Guidleines
• Decision notice summary form

Psychological Injury

• Psychological injuries - Guidance for insurers
• Claim for relevant injury declined
• Injury Claim Form
• The meaning of 'witnessing' for workers compensation in NSW

Permanent Impairment

• Understanding pre-reform impairment assessment and interim period assessment for insurers and lawyers
• Pre-reform impairment assessment and interim period assessment - Insurer information

Companion Animals

• Cost of services for companion animals

Benefits

• Workers compensation benefits guide
• For families who have lost a relative

Premiums

• Market Practice and Premium Guidelines 2026

Employer Excess

• Employer excess guidance

Under-Insurance

• Requesting admissible evidence from employers

Management and responsibility for the Insurers Guarantee Fund

The Insurers Guarantee Fund (IGF) has transferred from SIRA to icare as of 1 July 2026.

• GN 1.7 Insurers' Guarantee Fund (IGF)

Useful links from other agencies

• Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) overview of IRC Jurisdiction

  Workers Compensation – Workplace Conduct Proceedings | Industrial Relations Commission (IRC)

• Practice notes and forms

  New Jurisdiction: Workers Compensation - Workplace Conduct Proceedings | Industrial Relations Commission (IRC)

  More details about the IRC's new Workplace Conduct Jurisdiction can be found on its website.

• Independent Review Office (IRO)

  IRO website

• Personal Injury Commission (PIC)

  PIC website