Having a road accident is always serious, no matter where it occurs. Your green slip covers you whether you have an accident in NSW or another state or territory. However, if you have an accident outside NSW, benefits for your injuries depend on where it happened. These benefits can be very much affected by whether it was your fault or not. Read More
In NSW, compulsory third party (CTP) insurance is called a greenslip. This is because it used to be printed on green paper. Your greenslip is an insurance policy that pays compensation for people who are killed or injured in a road accident involving your vehicle. It does not cover you for damage to your property or the property of others. Read More
Greenslips.com.au has been helping people with green slips for 20 years. During 2020, greenslips.com.au received 575 emails and 6,203 phone calls. There were a few common misunderstandings about green slips. We’d like to clear some of those up during 2021. Read More
It’s no surprise that accidents happen in car parks. There’s a lot of activity, with cars and pedestrians constantly coming and going. It’s all too easy to collide with another car, or for vulnerable people to get hurt by moving vehicles. Meanwhile, thieves can find fresh pickings in a poorly lit or unattended car park. So how do you protect your car in a car park? Read More
From 1 December 2020, greenslips.com.au Calculator will show prices from a new CTP insurer. Youi is the first insurer to join the CTP scheme for many years and the only new insurer since the scheme was reformed in December 2017. Read More
Do you know how many demerit points you have? How many demerits apply for common driving offences in NSW? When double demerits apply? Many drivers don’t know. You can easily lose your licence by being unaware of when double demerits apply or how many demerit points apply for speeding, for example. Not only that, your greenslip premium could go up too. Read More
It’s easy to confuse CTP insurance with comprehensive insurance but they are completely different. CTP is for people only and does not cover damage to any vehicles, yours or someone else’s. Comprehensive covers damage to your vehicle and others’ vehicles and property, but does not cover people. Read More
Electronics could make up 45-50% of the cost of a new car by 2030. Many new cars use advanced driver assistance systems, such as automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise control. But do these extra really improve safety? Some features have proved to reduce insurance claims for BMWs in the US while others had no effect. Read More
While most people never make a CTP claim, they need to be sure insurers will do their job properly. This is why State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) now provides quarterly performance data. It helps vehicle owners choose their CTP insurer and, if they need to make a claim, an idea of what to expect. Read More
Most of the world’s vehicle owners must get third party insurance or CTP, whatever it’s called in their country. Germans call it Haftpflicht and Danes call it ansvarsforsikring. However, our review of CTP in nine randomly selected countries reveals a few interesting quirks. Read More
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