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Rebuilding after bushfiresThe worst natural disaster in Australian history, rebuilding lives - and homes - after the Victoria bushfire catastrophe may seem impossible but insurers are ready to help the survivors with their claims.

Are you covered for floods?

Don't automatically think that because you have a home and contents policy that you are covered for flood damage. Cashing in on car insurance Why you need pet insurance Insuring your body parts

Strange travel insurance claims

While only a small percentage of trips result in a claim on travel insurance, when something does go wrong, it can go wrong in a spectacular way. How to handle travel disasters Why you need travel insurance How to choose travel insurance

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Car insurance: Women are officially safer drivers

source: Nicola Field

Are men better drivers than women? Insurance statistics speak for themselves.

Virgin’s car insurance bid: is Branson onto a winner?

source: Maria Bekiaris

Virgin Money has made its foray back into the Australian financial services market by introducing car insurance offering comprehensive, third party property and third party fire and theft policies, underwritten by one of South Africa’s biggest general insurers, Auto & General Insurance Company.

Protect your greatest asset: your health

source: Allison Tait

Nannas have always known it! "As long as you have your health," they say, the implication being that everything else will follow. And it turns out that — as is often the case — Grandma is right.

Car insurance: How to pick the right cover

source: Maria Bekiaris

All Aussies have to take out compulsory third party (CTP), also known as a green slip, when registering their car.

Victorian bushfire victims: how to claim insurance

source: Emma Thelwell

The devastating bushfires in Victoria have surpassed the 1983 Ash Wednesday blazes to become the worst natural disaster in Australia's history.

When holidays go bad: will your insurer pay up?

source: Gillian Bullock

In the wake of the terrorist attack in Mumbai and the civil unrest in Thailand which shut down Bangkok's international airport, it's worth acknowledging that most travel insurance companies do not offer cover for such events.