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INSURER ASKS: IS VALENTINE’S DAY OUTDATED?

Many Australian couples may not be as lovey-dovey this Valentine’s Day, with 45% of couples planning to give the romantic holiday the cold shoulder, according to a new Suncorp research. The study, which polled 1,000 Australians aged 16-64 from around the country, found that while romance remains a key driver for many couples, with 31% […]

INSURER REVEALS STARTLING HOLIDAY HOME CLAIMS

New claims research from IAG has found that one in six tenants of holiday rental properties had accidentally broken or damaged property while on holiday. The research found that one in seven had been injured in a home they were staying in, while one in five had held a party or been invited to a […]

BUFFETT BACKS “BAD END” FOR BITCOIN

Warren Buffett has said that he would never invest in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin despite their recent popularity. Bitcoin hit record prices last month of close to $25,000 but prices have since fallen by 25%, as cryptocurrencies continue on a roller-coaster ride. The Oracle of Omaha said, in a recent interview with CNBC, that he […]

SANTA FORCED TO ABANDON SLEIGH DUE TO INSURANCE CONCERNS

Need a hand with your insurances, or have a burning question?  Contact us now to discuss your insurance requirements. Santa has been forced to ditch his sleigh after insurers deemed it too risky. The Brighton Rotary Club normally visits children in the British seaside town via sleigh but insurers insisted that Santa had to install […]

SOCIAL MEDIA EVIDENCE REDUCES $20M DAMAGES CLAIM TO NOMINAL ...

SOCIAL MEDIA EVIDENCE REDUCES $20M DAMAGES CLAIM TO NOMINAL SUMSOCIAL MEDIA EVIDENCE REDUCES $20M DAMAGES CLAIM TO NOMINAL SUMSocial media evidence used by defendant to reduce claim for $20 million damages to nominal sum. In Issue Whether surveillance and social media records were admissible to contradict the plaintiff’s account of disabilities. The Background Yena Foong (the […]

PREPARING FOR STORMS AND HAIL

A little rain never hurt anybody… Right? Thunderbolts and lightning are very, very frightening on their own, but add heavy rains tumbling down and golf-ball sized hail stones smashing into things, and there are many ways a storm can wreak havoc to both our property and us. Each year across Australia and New Zealand, storms […]

INSURER REVEALS AUSTRALIA’S CRASH HOTSPOTS

  A road in Melbourne has been revealed as the Australian hotspot for car crashes by AAMI. Springvale Road in Glen Waverley, in Melbourne’s south east, was named Australia’s worst road for car crashes in the 2017 AAMI Crash Index this week. The busy road attracts high volumes of traffic both on and off peak […]

GETTING READY FOR FIRE SEASON

  Summer in Australia is synonymous with barbeques, long days spent down at the beach or lounging by the pool, and ice cream vans cruising through the streets. But in the southern parts of the country, it is also synonymous with bushfires. Studies have shown that global warming is increasing not only the frequency but […]

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