Motorbike Insurance News
Letters
Tuesday June 2, 2009
Climate change is coming to a hip pocket near youScooters Feel The Love
Wednesday August 1, 2007
WHEN insurance company AAMI issued survey results suggesting one-third of drivers considered scooter riders the latest motoring menace, it was probably not anticipating any real negative feedback.Doctor's Orders: Take Out Cover
Sunday October 29, 2006
Travel insurance - you really shouldn't leave home without it. But make sure you read the fine print, Lee Atkinson warns.Don't Get Bitten By Insurance Sharks
Sunday October 8, 2006
Debra Cleveland on how to find the best travel cover.Even With Insurance, Dental Care Is A Waiting Game
Wednesday February 16, 2005
The way health insurance companies handle dental care may contribute to the dental care decline. I'm paying about $1200 a year for my health insurance, more than my motorbike and house insurance put together, and yet I cannot claim the whole of my health care. You get pointless little refunds like "up to 80 per cent of the value but only to the limit of $650". Too bad the crown that I need for my teeth is $1500 and I have got quotes from two dentists. So where did the insurance agency come up ...I'm An Individual - Yeah, Right!
Thursday January 30, 2003
Motorbike riders, just like their tin-top brethren, are easily categorised, writes David Morley.Hong Kong Mp Raises Questions About Death Of Former Hih Chief
Sunday November 10, 2002
The last chief executive of the collapsed HIH insurance giant, Robert Wein, may have been murdered, according to a Hong Kong MP, who is questioning whether the road smash in which the businessman died was really an accident.Plea Made For Hospital Court
Wednesday May 24, 2000
Nearly all Coledale Hospital's staff could be called to give evidence in court in a civil action brought by a Balgownie woman whose husband was permanently brain damaged in a motorbike accident. And, because of fears the hospital could be left largely unstaffed for the duration of the six-day coMotorcyclist In A Spin Over Lengthy Insurance Delays
Monday January 31, 2000
WHEN Andrew McGarity of Edgeworth was involved in a motorbike accident more than two years ago, he thought that recovering from injury would be his biggest concern. Cleared of blame in the accident, Mr McGarity assumed that the compulsory third party insurer of the driver at fault would cover hiHonda's Fireblade The Bike To Beat
Saturday October 10, 1998
ANYONE who is a motorbike rider will tell you there is nothing quite like riding with a friend. The only time it is better is when you are on a borrowed 1998 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade, and your friend is hooning along on a similarly acquired 1998 VTR1000 Firestorm (I don't know who names these thThey Drug The Dog, Steal The Bike And Your Harley Days Are Over
Thursday April 30, 1998
Trevor Sim dreamed of owning his own Harley-Davidson. At age 44, the Leichhardt advertising company boss finally got his wish - a black, Heritage Soft-Tail Screaming Eagle, worth $27,000. It cost him another $1,700 for accident and third-party insurance, and a hefty $3,000 against theft as a cFrom Wheelchair To Harley
Thursday November 23, 1995
On yer bike! And if the bike's a Harley Davidson, few would refuse. But for some who would like to respond to the call, it is harder than it looks. Karina Dentice had always wanted to ride a motorbike, ever since her twin sister, Ruth, returned from central Australia with photographs of a motorbiTo Be On The Safe Side
Sunday November 5, 1995
One-third of Australian travellers go abroad uninsured. Is it worth the risk? Jennifer Grimwade unravels the fine print of travel insurance. ASK any consul-general or high commissioner and you will hear grisly tales about travellers' troubles. But the really nasty episodes are about travellers faStake You Claim
Friday April 28, 1995
How to make travel insurance work for you. AMANDA McMAHON was hiking in the Himalayas when a farmer with his buffalo passed her. The buffalo came back and gouged her in the leg. She was knocked to the ground, with flesh and blood everywhere. While on the ground, her watch was ripped off my Men's Health
Tuesday July 12, 1994
Barry is 34 years of age and has worked in an insurance office since he left school. One Friday, he and a few friends went out for a long lunch. They were only back an hour or so when Barry began to feel unwell. He stood up to go to the toilet and nearly passed out. After a while he felt better, butProtecting Your Life Savings
Monday December 7, 1992
TRAVEL insurance may not save your life if you suffer a heart attack while skiing in Aspen, but it could save your life savings. Australians are not covered by Medicare in most countries, including the United States. Even in the six countries that offer reciprocal health care _ Britain, Sweden, Just Me, The Bike And A Traffic K
Monday March 2, 1992
THERE'S something about travelling to work every day on a motorbike that sets you apart from the normal commuter. We're a different breed: a special club that acknowledges membership with a discreet motorcyclist's nod as we zoom by each other. Most of the time of course my nod gets ignorHorsing Around With Cars
Saturday January 27, 1990
EVEN in the ancient days of my immaturity I was never a motorbike fan. My breath has therefore been entirely unbated while Mr Greiner tried to gain the motorcycle grand prix for Sydney. The television spectacle of cars rushing one after another around the streets has likewise failed to ex