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20 ways you may be able to cut the cost of your insurance premiums

Looking for ways to reduce what you’re paying for insurance? Here are 20 simple ways you may be able to get protection for less. When it comes to insurance you want to get the right balance between price and features. While cheap won’t necessarily be best, it can definitely pay to shop around to see if you can get the cover you need at a competitive price. Shopping around is just one of the ways to potentially cut the costs. Here are 20 other simple ways you may be able to save money on your insurance. Car insurance 1. Many … Continued

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Canstar's Most Satisfied Customers - Car Insurer Award: Winners Unlocked

When it comes to the race for the most satisfied car insurance customers, which provider in your state has taken pole position? Canstar surveyed 6,705 policyholders across a total of 50 providers, to find out just how satisfied everyday Aussies are with their car insurer, with the result forming the basis of our first Most Satisfied Customers – Car Insurer Award. Along with rating overall satisfaction, survey respondents from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia were asked how they felt their car insurers performed in regards to customer service, value for money, cost, comprehensiveness of cover and customer … Continued

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When 13 is a lucky number: Budget Direct continues its winning streak

Budget Direct has won the National Award for Outstanding Value Car Insurance for the thirteenth consecutive year. The general insurance provider was one of two car insurers to receive the award in 2019, ranking in the top three providers across all six states considered in the 2019 Comprehensive Car Insurance Star Ratings. Canstar spoke with Budget Direct’s Chief Marketing Officer Jonathan Kerr to find out more. Q: Congratulations on receiving the National Award for Outstanding Value Car Insurance for 13 consecutive years. What does holding onto the award for this long mean to Budget Direct and how does this benefit … Continued

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Canstar's Top-Rated Car Insurance Providers for 2019

Canstar has revealed the results of the 2019 Comprehensive Car Insurance Star Ratings, after analysing 47 policies from 37 insurers across Australia. Our Star Ratings are designed to help consumers create a shortlist of products, with a 5-Star Rating indicating a policy on our database that offers Outstanding Value to Australian drivers. Two insurers took out the National Award, also scooping the six State Awards between them, and one provider won the Outstanding Claims Service Award. Canstar considers a total of 36 profiles in its Car Insurance Star Ratings, including the following six driver profiles within each state of Australia: … Continued

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Sydney storms: Allianz inundated by claims

Sydney’s “catastrophic” hailstorm has forced one of Australia’s largest insurers to draft in staff from across its global business to handle an influx of car insurance claims, days before Christmas. Sydney residents experienced severe thunderstorms where giant hailstones the size of cricket balls caused widespread damage to cars and homes across the city on Thursday night. Allianz Australia told Canstar it was currently experiencing a high volume of motor and property claims as a result of the storms and has had to source additional claims staff from across its national and global network. “Although it is too soon to tell the magnitude of this … Continued

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Outstanding Value Car Insurance Revealed for 2018

Canstar has revealed the 2017 Car Insurance Star Ratings research, rating 61 policies from 51 insurers across Australia.

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Queensland Comprehensive Car Insurance

Looking for car insurance in QLD? Find out what you need to know here. Are you a Queenslander in need of a comprehensive car insurance policy? Canstar can help you with that! Our researchers help take the guesswork out of choosing a policy by rating QLD car insurance policies each year on price and features. Following in-depth analysis, Canstar awards five stars to the comprehensive car insurance policies that are judged to offer outstanding value to consumers. In their most recent rating, Canstar rated 61 car insurance policies from 51 providers. You can view the star ratings for car insurance … Continued

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Should Insurance Definitions Be Standardised?

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission – ASIC – has called for home insurance companies to standardise their policy definitions to enable easier comparison of policies for customers

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Car Insurance FAQs

Canstar answers FAQs including what is superannuation, super contributions, how much super you need, how to increase your super, accessing your super, tax on super, and SMSFs.

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Electric car sales slump despite record year

Sales of electric vehicles in Australia have all but dried up completely despite record new car sales, according to the latest official figures from the FCAI.

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ACCC: Petrol prices to fall before Christmas

With petrol prices currently at the peak of their price cycles in many Australian cities, prices are tipped to fall as the demand for petrol reaches its peak. At a time where petrol sales in Australia are at their highest, motorists around the country will be happy to know fuel prices will be falling. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has identified that petrol prices in many capital cities have peaked, signalling to consumers that prices should fall in the lead-up to Christmas. “Sales of petrol across Australia are at their highest in the latter half of December, so … Continued

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What to consider when buying car insurance

CANSTAR looks at some important features when comparing car insurance policies

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Costs of running a car: what to budget for

What does it cost to buy your first car

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Lack of access to finance becoming a huge problem for Australians

A report published by CSI & NAB has shown that over 3 million Australians are experiencing financial exclusion from finance products & services.

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7 great motorbike road trips

Road trips can be great in a car – but even better on a motorbike. So whichever state of Australia you live in, here's a road trip to take.

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