{"id":8275,"date":"2023-04-06T10:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T00:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/?p=8275"},"modified":"2023-04-06T10:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T00:47:42","slug":"suncorp-jack-up-home-insurance-by-over-60-and-are-blaming-tradies-for-the-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/2023\/04\/06\/suncorp-jack-up-home-insurance-by-over-60-and-are-blaming-tradies-for-the-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Suncorp jack up home insurance by over 60%, and are blaming tradies for the increase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Costs of home insurance is skyrocketing at Suncorp. A premium of $3700 going to $6100 in only two years. When queried about specifics of this particular increase, the response was &#8220;if you\u2019ve tried to get hold of a tradie recently, you know that materials and labour have gotten more expensive.&#8221; 60% more expensive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Suncorp net profit after tax was $560 million, up by 44.3%, while cash earnings increased 62.9% to <strong>$588 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the 60% increase appears to be a pure profit grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The representative suggested that I review polices on their site: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You may also want to make sure everything is up to date on your policy by logging in on our website: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aami.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">www.aami.com.au<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Suncorp is AAMI?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sorry wrong window.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"355\" height=\"531\" src=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-06-Suncorp-is-AAMI.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8276\" srcset=\"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-06-Suncorp-is-AAMI.png 355w, http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/2023-04-06-Suncorp-is-AAMI-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess they are telling me to go elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well now it is off to Choice to see about home insurance comparisons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costs of home insurance is skyrocketing at Suncorp. A premium of $3700 going to $6100 in only two years. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[467,468],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-inequity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8279,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8275\/revisions\/8279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/neoporcupine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}