What it means for patients if St Vincent’s and NIB fail to reach a funding deal
The hospital network says it will walk away from its contract with the private health insurer in three months if a fairer agreement can’t be reached. Has this situation happened before?
May 2024
Some say it’s ‘genetic discrimination’, but insurance companies are fighting for access to these test results
‘I’m being discriminated against purely based on the genes I was born with’, says a Queensland man who couldn’t update his life insurance policy
March 2024
Domestic violence perpetrators ‘weaponising’ insurance policies in Australia to exert control, report finds
Centre for Women’s Economic Safety calls on insurance companies to redesign their products to protect victim-survivors
February 2024
Datablog
Why insurance premiums are squeezing Australians and fuelling inflation
Suncorp records fivefold boost in insurance half-year profit amid spike in premiums
Dutton says reports of WA boat arrival ‘disturbing’; Barnaby Joyce denies drinking problem – as it happened
When testing costs you: the genetic dilemma confronting Australians with life insurance
January 2024
Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse?
Australia’s inflation falls further than expected as prices rise at slowest pace in almost two years
December 2023
Australian travel insurance red flags: missed connections, stolen luggage and preexisting conditions
Travel insurance can be a complicated business for consumers, with caps and exclusions buried deep in fine print. Here’s how to know what you are really covered for
November 2023
Chris Minns vows to scrap NSW emergency services levy to reduce insurance premiums
State wants to encourage more homeowners to have insurance amid fires and floods with emergency services to instead be funded by new ‘contribution’
October 2023
Australian customer service
An Australian hire car company won’t reimburse our excess. What are the next steps?
Australian Catholic church’s insurer launches court bid to cover smaller share of abuse compensation
Australia must urgently adapt to extreme weather or face soaring premiums, insurers warn
Flooding of Melbourne retirement village left second world war refugee with PTSD, inquiry hears
September 2023
Single parents face higher health insurance premium increases than other families, analysis shows
Consumer advocacy group Choice finds single parents face cost hikes of up to 70% when adding dependants while most two-parent families face no increase
Cyclone Tracy caused $200m of damage. A repeat now would cost $7.4bn, Australian insurers say
The estimate exceeds $6bn paid out by insurers for Australia’s costliest disaster, the 2022 NSW and Queensland floods
Insurer cancels cover for Australian artists working more than five metres off the ground
Artists say the insurance carve-out by QBE will effectively prevent them doing public art and mural projects, or installing in galleries
August 2023
Youpla directors pursued by Asic over collapsed funeral fund that hurt Aboriginal families
Grogonomics
Australia’s greenhouse emissions are a national disgrace that are destroying the planet and costing households
