Motorcycle Insurance News
Insurance Revved Up
Saturday January 27, 2007
ADRIAN Vaughan, 65, has a spotless motoring record and has insured his Harley Davidson motorcycle with the same company for the past 10 years.Cooper Trial To Put Hih Back On Stage
Monday August 22, 2005
THE last of the big names from the collapse of HIH Insurance will appear before the NSW Supreme Court today to answer 13 criminal charges.Court Trial Begins For Hih Identity
Monday August 22, 2005
The last of the big names from the collapse of HIH Insurance will appear before the NSW Supreme Court today to answer 13 criminal charges.Council Vows To Demolish Illegal Circuit
Thursday June 9, 2005
WOLLONGONG City Council will demolish an illegal motorcycle track built on council land near Wollongong Lawn Cemetery this week.Drivers Blamed For Biker Crashes
Monday July 5, 2004
New research shows drivers, not motorcyclists, are responsible for most crashes involving motorbikes and other vehicles, a motorcycle insurer says.Bloody Sunday
Tuesday April 27, 2004
THE Ulysses Motorcycle Club has warned Hunter riders to be on their guard after new research showed more accidents occur on the region's roads on Sundays than any other day.Cheers To A Century Of Hog Heaven
Thursday March 13, 2003
Ernie Weston is a big bloke with a big beard and a big Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He has had a dozen Harleys in his life. He would sometimes even say that Harleys are his life.The Watchdog That Ate Its Own Homework
Saturday November 9, 2002
The public gallery at the HIH Royal Commission was packed this week with employees of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority waiting to hear what Wayne Martin QC would say about its role in the $5.3 billion demise of HIH Insurance.Law Firm To Give Back The Money To Hih
Wednesday October 16, 2002
Leading law firm Blake Dawson Waldron yesterday repaid $1.7 million to the HIH liquidator which it had received in fees the day before the insurance company collapsed.Insurance Refusal Leaves Bikers Without A Track
Wednesday July 17, 2002
Six-hundred dirt bike riders have nowhere to go after the closure of Wollongong Motorcycle Club's Mt Kembla track.Time To Get Rid Of The Two-wheeled Killing Machines
Thursday May 23, 2002
It is not only older motorcyclists who are at risk (``Over 30s vulnerable in motorcycle death toll", The Age, 20/5). Motorcycles are unsafe at any speed, with any rider, anywhere.State Your Claim
Monday April 15, 2002
Insurance companies say that "fine print" doesn't exist anymore. Read it anyway, writes Denise Cullen.Wife Tells Of Bike Accident Legacy
Saturday February 3, 2001
The wife of a man who was permanently brain damaged in a motorcycle accident told a court she could not cope seeing her husband in a vegetative state.Care Vital For Injured Man: Expert
Friday February 2, 2001
The life expectancy of a Balgownie man severely brain damaged in a motorcycle accident could be greatly increased by constant care, an expert said yesterday.Crash Victim Sues For Full-time Care
Wednesday January 31, 2001
A Balgownie man who was severely brain injured in a 1998 motorcycle accident will require 24-hour care for the rest of his life, a Wollongong District Court was told.34th Road Fatality
Wednesday July 26, 2000
A 56-year-old Kiama Downs motorcyclist became the region's 34th road fatality this year after an accident at Dunmore on Monday night. Gordon Tuckey was riding south on the Princes Highway when his motorcycle collided with a northbound semitrailer about 600m south of Dunsters Lane. Mr Tuckey waFacts And Fears
Saturday February 26, 2000
IT is a familiar scenario: parents waking in a cold sweat to the distant sound of an emergency vehicle and wondering whether, this time, their kids might not be coming home. According to the latest statistics from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and a policyholder profile by insurance comDemutual Benefits For Nrma Chiefs
Sunday July 18, 1999
THE NRMA's demutualisation gravy train appears to have left the station unusually early. Whatever the pros and cons of spinning off the insurance company, the real winners won't be hard to find. Since ex-CEO Malcolm Jones was paid $3 million, according to the annual report. It will be interesting toHigh Cost Of Saving $100
Sunday June 20, 1999
The Carr Government's election promise - to reduce the price of green slips by $100 - is a welcome relief to motorists and a windfall for the insurance industry. But it has stirred the legal profession into a fury. Alex Mitchell reports. UNDER the current third party insurance scheme in NSW, a chOn Your Bike - For Clean Air
Thursday June 3, 1999
More people should be encouraged to use motorbikes as a mode of transport in the Wollongong CBD, according to Wollongong Councillor Tony Kent. Cr Kent said he would call for more motorcycle parking spaces in the city and in suburbs such as Dapto. ``I'll be putting a motion forward at Wollongo