Roger Grobler, Real Insurance chairman, on the Australian insurance industry. Written for the Australian Financial Review, 24 September 2010.Cloudy with a chance of severe change, is an apt description of the forecast for the Australian insurance industry today.  There are four reasons why there is turbulence ahead, and to better understand, one needs to examine the insurance “weather patterns” over the past 10 years.  In 2000, Australians could choose from a number of companies if they wanted to insure their homes and cars. However, as a result of the ratio...

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RHONDA BURCHMORE may not have her legs insured for $70m like David Beckham, but her new partner – Real Insurance – can easily insure her car with their pay-as-you-drive insurance option. Rhonda is known as “the sexiest legs in show business.” Straight from the stage of Calendar Girls, Rhonda has been busy with numerous projects, including a soon to be launched book aptly titled, Legs Eleven. This book features many a cheeky tales on the famous people she has met along the way throughout her stellar career. Rhonda remembers one such dinner with Mickey R...

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Paul Clitheroe, chief commentator for Money Magazine says "home and contents insurance are an essential, not a luxury." More from www.byronnews.com.au OUR home does more than provide a roof over our heads, for most Australians it’s also our single most valuable asset. That makes home and contents insurance an essential - not a luxury. With the school holidays coming up, now is a good time to re-evaluate your home and contents cover, especially if you’re heading off on vacation. Research shows that most home owners do have home and contents cover in place. The proble...

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Tragically, NSW has recently seen a staggering 25% rise in pedestrian deaths. Research links this rise to the increased use of iPods by pedestrians. More from news.com.auA 25 per cent rise in the pedestrian death toll in Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, has been partly blamed on iPod use. The so-called "iPod zombie trance" that people get into when listening to and playing with their mobile devices is allegedly behind an increase in collisions and deaths in American and Europe too, the Sydney Morning Herald said.  The issue was highlighted in New South W...

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The Fire Services Levy has been discussed in depth in previous blog posts on this site. This week, the Victorian Government announced it would discontinue the levy from 2012. More from insurancenews.com.au 

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