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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luca Ittimani

Car owners should challenge insurers on steep price hikes and ‘call their bluff’, Asic says

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A report by Asic found there was poor price transparency across the motor insurance sector. Photograph: Kokkai Ng/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Car owners should challenge motor insurers over steep premium hikes, the corporate regulator advises, after finding many companies were raising prices faster than inflation.

In a report released on Tuesday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) found that none of the eight insurers it reviewed adequately explained the reasons behind premium calculations to customers or why prices had changed in quote or renewal documents.

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