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QBE Explains Rising Premiums

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Insurance Premium Increases QBE has said that it has seen steady rate increases throughout 2017 and expects the trend to continue to the end of the year. Announcing its half year financial results yesterday, the insurance giant saw average premium rate increases of 5.2% in its Australian and New Zealand businesses across its portfolio, compared with a 0.3% reduction in the prior period. John Neal, QBE Group CEO, said that the commercial market has seen the bulk of the increases as QBE’s local business is skewed towards commercial lines. “It has actually increased slightly as the year has progressed,” Neal said. “Turning into 2017, rates were up about 4%, by the half they were up 5% and if we look at rate movements now in August they are up around 6%. We have got every sense that, certainly through 2017, in the bracket of 5-6%, that level of rate increase is sustainable.” Neal revealed that, while premium increases vary across the commercial book, the property market has seen the

Commercial Truck Insurance Quotes

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Insurance Premiums increasing according to Suncorp

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Rising Insurance Premiums Suncorp has seen premium increases in the 10% to 13% range during June renewals and even more upon processing requests for a Suncorp Insurance Quote . The major insurer said that increases within that range have come through “fairly freely” over the busy period. Michael Cameron, CEO and managing director of Suncorp, said that the firm is noticing a turn in the market. Search and compare insurance product listings against Financial Loss from specialty market providers here “We do see a bit of a turn in that market,” Cameron told a media briefing. “We continue to lose a bit of a share, you would see our gross written premium down for the year, but definitely there is hardening now coming through on the commercial book at the top end.” And when it comes to domestic policies, Cameron said that over FY17, increases of around 3% to 5% were common in home and motor, and similar increases are expected over the coming financial year. “It is a hardening market,”