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Stephen Jones
‘Perfect storm’: Soaring insurance premiums, claim delays under microscope
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones is worried the increase in premiums, combined with a rise in complaints, will result in people opting out of insurance.
- by Rachel Clun
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Hip pocket
Premium pain? How to combat rising insurance prices and stay covered
Insurance has become increasingly expensive over the past year, and premiums are expected to keep rising. Here are some simple ways to save money on your house, car and health insurance.
- by Dominic Powell
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State Parliament
Where home insurance costs $30,000 a year – or you can’t get a policy at all
Calls for government solutions grow louder as Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley residents smashed by floods now can’t insure their homes.
- by Max Maddison
Woolworths, RSPCA, Medibank caught up in pet insurance crackdown
A number of well-known brands were temporarily blocked from selling pet insurance for failing to properly consider the financial situation of prospective customers.
- by Millie Muroi
Insurers to repay $815 million after overcharging consumers
More than 5.6 million consumers will be repaid after the corporate regulator revealed 11 general insurers had overcharged their customers.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
Extreme weather
Minister warns insurers over ‘unfair’ premiums in disaster hotspots
The insurance giants are the latest big companies attracting unwanted government attention over some of their prices.
- by Clancy Yeates
Minister rejects icare premium plea, caps rises at 8%
The parlous financial state of embattled workers’ compensation insurer icare is so severe it has been slapped with a formal ministerial directive to cap urgently needed premium increases.
- by Lucy Cormack
When living longer means getting no value for funeral insurance
Gill and Alan Brown have so far paid $21,500 for a $9500 benefit to cover the cost of each funeral. By their late 80s the couple may have shelled out $30,000 more.
- by Anna Patty
‘Somebody has to pay’: What to do about surging insurance costs?
As premiums soar, more people in disaster-prone areas can’t afford to protect their properties.
- by Clancy Yeates
Australians still being overcharged for home and vehicle insurance
Australians are frequently being over-charged for different types of insurance, in breach of the industry’s Code of Practice.
- by John Collett
Floods and storms costs insurers $12 billion
The growing cost of severe weather has groups calling for more to be done to protect Australian lives and property.
- by Catherine Naylor