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Alex Ritchie

Personal Finance Editor

Worst suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions: Are you insured for the holiday season?

Discover the most at-risk times of day, and suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions. It is a timely reminder to take time this silly season to ensure that your car insurance policy is the best fit for you. 

Car Insurance

20 Dec, 2023

3 min read

Worst suburbs for shopping centre car park collisions: Are you insured for the holiday season?
Peter Terlato

Personal Finance Editor

Are you paying an insurance loyalty tax?

ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings in the Federal Court last week, claiming some insurers used an algorithm to determine whether or not a customer might renew their policy at different premium levels.

Car Insurance

05 Sep, 2023

4 min read

Are you paying an insurance loyalty tax?
Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

Car insurance premiums soar

Car insurance premiums have increased at a rate three times higher than inflation over the past year, new research has revealed.

Car Insurance

26 May, 2013

2 min read

Car insurance premiums soar
Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

Boomers more accident prone than Gen Y

The “at-risk” generation Y group filed fewer than 10 percent of all claims in the past three years. By comparison, baby boomers accounted for almost 40 percent of all claims made in the same period.

Car Insurance

10 May, 2013

2 min read

Boomers more accident prone than Gen Y
Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

Driving change in gender bias

Forget the stereotype; women are safer behind the wheel than male drivers, new British research has revealed.

Car Insurance

21 Sep, 2012

3 min read

Driving change in gender bias
Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

Cars with the worst safety records

Porsche drivers could be three times more likely to be involved in an accident on the road than Daewoo drivers, research suggests.

Car Insurance

16 May, 2012

3 min read

Cars with the worst safety records
Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

Young drivers paying less to insure

Despite a long-held belief that young drivers make more claims on car insurance and pay the highest premiums, new research has revealed that the cost for young people to insure a vehicle is falling.

Car Insurance

22 Apr, 2012

3 min read

Young drivers paying less to insure
Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

Vehicle theft more common than you think

Did you know a vehicle is stolen every eight minutes somewhere in Australia? And between January and September 2010, 33,482 cars were stolen across the country. That's the frightening statistic in a recent report from car insurer Budget Direct.

Car Insurance

14 Apr, 2011

3 min read

Vehicle theft more common than you think
Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

South Australia top state for car owners

South Australia is arguably Australia's friendliest state for drivers. The Virgin Car Insurance study, which compared the costs of car insurance, petrol, parking and tolls as well as theft, revealed Adelaide as the most driver-friendly city in Australia

Car Insurance

30 Mar, 2011

3 min read

South Australia top state for car owners

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