Home Contents Insurance News
Chilean quake to put pressure on premiums
Wednesday March 10, 2010
GLOBAL insurance payouts linked to last month's devastating Chilean earthquake may reach as much as US$8 billion, which might force reinsurers to push through a round of price rises to claw back depleted capital, QBE Insurance has warned.Insurance Jam For Renters
Wednesday February 27, 2008
Tenants are being sued for the cost of claims.Theft Risk Hits Close To Home
Tuesday April 3, 2007
HAMILTON is the second worst suburb in NSW for home theft, an analysis of 2006 insurance claims by AAMI has shown.Free Insurance Guide
Saturday June 5, 2004
The Sydney Morning Herald Essential Guide to Insurance sponsored by Comminsure, covers the key facts about the most common types of insurance: life, home, contents, motor vehicle and loan protection. It explains how to ensure you have enough while avoiding paying too much. Best of all, it's freeHome Insurance `underestimated'
Thursday October 23, 2003
GRAHAM and Lisa Groizard learnt the hard way just how important house insurance is.Residents Risk Home Insurance
Monday April 7, 2003
ALMOST one in five Newcastle and Central Coast residents have no home or contents insurance, a new survey has found.Residents Scrimp On Property Insurance
Monday April 7, 2003
ALMOST one in five Newcastle and Central Coast residents have no home or contents insurance, a survey has found.Extra Few Dollars Barely Pays For The Basics
Friday May 10, 2002
Machine operator Adele Williams would not mind home-contents insurance and more regular trips to the club for a meal, but she does not think an extra $10 a week is going to quite cover it.Renters Shun Contents Insurance
Tuesday January 29, 2002
Renters are taking big risks by not adequately insuring their valuables against storm, fire and theft according to a national survey.Taking Out Insurance
Friday June 15, 2001
The runaway cost of insurance premiums is starting to bring home the long-term effects of the HIH collapse. Amid reports that over the past month personal sickness and accident premiums have risen 70 per cent, car insurance doubled and home and contents insurance increased by 20 per cent, the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Professor Allan Fels, has asked insurers to justify such massive increases. His request comes at a time when public confidence in the insurance industry hWe've Been Dudded: Angry Couple
Wednesday March 21, 2001
John Cormack and his wife Pat have stopped going out for dinner. They dropped their hospital and home contents insurance. They catch more public transport and live a quieter life; anything else is too expensive under the GST.Net Quickens Insurance
Tuesday May 25, 1999
Financial Web site Quicken. com.au has opened an online brokerage and premium payment system for home and contents insurance. The site had its debut yesterday with three insurance companies - CGU (Commercial Union/General Accident), Royal Sun Alliance and Western QBE. Quicken managing director MInsuring Your Home Contents
Tuesday September 9, 1997
PEOPLE fork out huge chunks of money for household insurance at renewal time without thinking twice about it, because the alternative is too ghastly to contemplate. Comparing insurance products and premiums is a chore, but it can save you large licks of money. While your current insurer may have Contents Insurance May Not Suffice For Your Home Office
Tuesday December 3, 1996
The home-based business is one of the fastest growing areas in the small business sector. Growth is driven largely by outsourcing, by restructuring, and by advances in communications which make working from home much easier. But because expansion has been so rapid (there are now 5,000 home buFor A Lot Of Us, Home Is Where The Office Is
Tuesday March 5, 1996
Operating a business from home has proved the answer for many workers. But there are pitfalls in adding a home office. DAVID TRIBE reports. WHAT have accountants and other business consultants, general practitioners and other professionals, representatives and researchers, artists and crafts peo