General insurance
Thirty per cent jump in households facing home insurance stress
Soaring premiums have driven an extra 300,000 households into financial stress.
- by Shane Wright
Latest
Watchdog sets sights on insurers as premiums, complaints soar
Amid a surge in insurance premiums, the corporate regulator says acting against insurance misconduct will be a key focus.
- by Clancy Yeates
Updated
Earnings season
Insurance giant IAG posts $900 million profit on the back of rising premiums
The insurer behind the RACV and NRMA brands saw profits climb and flagged an up to 9 per cent rise on premiums in the 2025 financial year.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Analysis
Analysis
Car owners urged to be vigilant about insurance with thefts on the rise
Motor vehicle theft is opportunistic and increasing across Australia – so lock your doors, wind up your windows and make sure your coverage is adequate.
- by John Collett
When it comes to cost-of-living pressures, there is one group being hit hardest
Working families are bearing the brunt of inflation pressures, with insurance and housing costs pushing their cost-of-living measure far higher than inflation.
- by Millie Muroi and Shane Wright
Complaints surge about banks not doing enough to prevent scams
Australians’ complaints over payment scams have grown exponentially. Should banks be on the hook to reimburse customers?
- by John Collett
Opinion
Tripologist
Gareth’s suitcase was stolen on a train, but insurers say it’s his fault
Gareth Lloyd and his wife were returning home to Melbourne after a holiday in Spain when a brazen thief started going through their suitcase.
- by Michael Gebicki
Exclusive
Victorian budget
The multibillion-dollar blow primed to hit Victorian taxpayers and the budget
Government agencies will fork out $15 billion a year for insurance claims by 2028, a 36 per cent surge that threatens to rock the state’s already struggling finances.
- by Kieran Rooney
Exclusive
Floods
The forgotten tax adding billions to the country’s insurance premiums
State governments have reaped billions from stamp duty on insurance, and the industry’s peak body says it’s time for states to put that money back into mitigating natural disasters.
- by Rachel Clun
Rents, weather events and premiums mean fight against inflation not yet won
Australia’s inflation rate has been falling for over 18 months, but rent and insurance inflation are among the household essentials bucking that trend.
- by Rachel Clun
Going under: The flood-prone Perth suburbs at risk of being uninsurable
There are some communities that modern technology and science now suggest, with the benefit of hindsight and projections, it might have been wiser not to build.
- by Sarah Brookes
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