Car Insurers News
Delivery of a serious new player
Wednesday September 2, 2009
THE arrival of Australia Post in the car insurance market is akin to the postal operator parking tanks on the lawn outside former army commander Patrick Snowball's new "home" at Suncorp-Metway, where he rocked up for his first day yesterday.Bulli Intersection Worst Black Spot
Friday October 13, 2006
THIS is the Illawarra's most dangerous intersection, according to one of the nation's leading car insurers.Insurance Deal Cools Hostilities
Friday June 2, 2006
CAR insurers must tell motorists whether they can choose their own panel beater and whether new or recycled parts will be used to fix vehicles under new guidelines for the $3.5 billion smash repair industry.Code Hammered Out For Car Repairers
Wednesday May 3, 2006
A MANDATORY code of conduct for car insurers will be introduced by the State Government to try to settle a long dispute between smash repairers and NRMA Insurance.Inquiry Called Into 'bullying' Car Insurers
Sunday August 22, 2004
THE Federal Government is to hold an independent inquiry into the multi-billion-dollar smash repair industry and has put insurance companies on notice that it was prepared to take the rare step of regulating their business because they were "bullying" small, family-run car-repair operators.A3 Turbo Is Two Cars In One
Sunday February 8, 1998
Add the word "turbo" to a car's badge, and what are the images conjured up? Power, certainly, as well as speed, and not a few connotations of motor sport. For a fairly uncomplicated engine component, the turbo has developed quite a bad-boy image. Car insurers hate them - or perhaps love tCar Premiums Level Out But Some Charge More Than Others
Monday March 25, 1996
EVERY one who insures a car should review the policy each year. A comparision of car insurance premiums for an ``average car" has found that, for some drivers, costs have come down. So it pays to find out if you are in that group. Victoria's leading car insurers were asked for quotes tCar Insurance - Set To Double?
Monday January 22, 1996
Can damages cost twice as much as the damage done? Under a new tax ruling, that becomes a possibility, Janelle Carrigan reports. CAR INSURANCE premiums could double following a new method of taxing compensation payouts, according to tax solicitor John Morgan. But the insurers disagree and are at