Car insurance

Costs push P-platers into old cars

P-plates

Stephen Ottley Insurance company policy is discouraging young drivers from driving safer cars. Despite calls from road safety experts to get P-platers behind the wheel of the latest model cars, insurance companies...

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Motorcycle CTP protest

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Stephen Ottley Motorcycle riders are expected to be out in force on Sydney streets at noon tomorrow to protest state insurance laws.

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New laws to cut CTP in Qld

The Queensland government has introduced new laws to cut the cost of compulsory third-party (CTP) insurance and ban the payment of commissions by insurers.

GM takes on subprime car loans

Bank loans.

General Motors is getting into the subprime lending business. And that means taxpayers are, too.

Coles launches car insurance product

Grocery giant Coles has launched a car insurance product backed by parent conglomerate Wesfarmers Ltd.