Insurer yet to pay claims for officers who died on duty

1,542 claims of the officers were yet to be settled by Pioneer Assurance Company. [iStockphoto]

More than 1,500 police and prison officers who died or were maimed in the line of duty are yet to be compensated by Pioneer Assurance Company.

Documents tabled before Parliament indicate that 1,542 claims of the officers were yet to be settled by the firm even as the Senate plans to launch investigations into the matter.