The corporate regulator says its legal action against QBE – alleging it failed to deliver on pricing promises made to more than half a million customers over five years – should serve as a warning to all insurers.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will argue that the pricing model applied by QBE to calculate premiums eroded the discounts customers should have received based on offers made by the company.
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