The Victorian Managed Insurance Authority (VMIA) provides risk and insurance services to protect Victoria's assets and minimise losses from adverse events.
Established on 1 October 1996 under the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority Act 1996, we are a statutory authority that reports to the Department of Treasury and Finance.
We offer support and advice in strategic and operational risk management and insurance products, tailored to meet the specific needs of individual clients.
Our clients sit primarily within the general government and public health care sectors and include departments, statutory authorities, agencies, infrastructure, rail operations, hospitals, health centres, community service organisations, medical research bodies, tertiary institutions, cemetery trusts, national parks, galleries, museums and event bodies.
Please note that our telephone number has recently changed to (03) 9270 6900.
The VMIA Chief Executive Officer, Steve Marshall, was a keynote speaker and panellist at the KPMG Public Sector Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Seminar in Singapore on 24 April 2008.
Steve's presentation "Enterprise Wide Risk Management - The Victorian Perspective" covered the risk management landscape and key risk management drivers in Victoria, and findings from the VMIA Risk Framework Quality Review. His presentation is available below:
Managing Clinical Risk is a quarterly newsletter designed to support health services and clinicians with information about lessons learnt from the VMIA's claims experiences and provide information about patient safety initiatives, the VMIA is undertaking.
