As a policyholder, you are, in some cases, paying up to three separate taxes on your insurance premium!

The articles listed to the right address important issues such as excessive tax on regional policyholders, homeowners and businesses across Australia.

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It's not only the insurance brokers that see premium taxes as unfair and excessive – plenty of other important groups do, too.

These articles demonstrate just how widespread the concern is.

Brokers give IPART strong support

NIBA Media Release, 3 July 2008

Another fire insurance tax hike unfair, say brokers

NIBA Media Release, 1 July 2008

IPART Recommendations on Insurance Tax Reform in NSW a Winner for Consumers

Insurance Council of Australia Limited, 12 June 2008


Reform should stop states' $3.7 billion 'tax on tax'

NIBA Media Release, 19 May 2008

Queensland to lead the push for more affordable life insurance

IFSA, 30 April 2008

Axed insurance tax will mean job gains: business group

CBCnews.ca, 23 April 2008

Insurance tax dropped, rebates coming, Williams says

CBCnews.ca, 22 April 2008

Victorian Government rejects fire services levy appeal

insuranceNEWS.com.au, 21 April 2008

Stamp duty: Insurance premiums

Victorian Leislative Council Hansard, 17 April 2008

Taxpayer digs deep for uninsured storm victims

insuranceNEWS.com.au, 14 April 2008

NIBA critical of Treasury

Money Management, 10 April 2008

Banging heads against a taxation brick wall

insuranceNEWS.com.au, 17 March 2008

NSW postpones tax review

insuranceNEWS.com.au, 17 March 2008

Policy levies aggravate under-insurance: NIBA

CoverNote, 13 March 2008

More tax hikes on insurance in VIC and NSW

insuranceNEWS.com.au, 10 March 2008

Brokers frustrated by more tax hikes on insurance

NIBA Media Release, 6 March 2008

Rate hike threatens insurance demand

insuranceNEWS.com.au, 11 February 2008

ICA lobbies to axe tax on insurance

insuranceNEWS.com.au, 4 February 2008

DOFIs and tax in NIBA sights: Brokers keep up the fight against regulation imposts

Insurance & Risk Professional, February 2008

Brokers lobby on insurance tax: Call for action after hikes in fire services levy

Insurance & Risk Professional, February 2008

Insurers call on COAG for regulatory consistency

Money Management , 21 December 2007

NIBA Media Release

21 December 2007

Fire levy hikes for NSW, rural Victoria

Sunrise Exchange News, 11 December 2007

Insurers lobby to dump NSW taxes

Sunrise Exchange News, 4 December 2007

INVENT INNOVATE INSURE

Insurance & Risk Professional, December 2007

Insurance taxes must be dumped:economist

Sunrise Exchange News, 6 November 2007

NSW begins tax review

Sunrise Exchange News, 21 August 2007

Fighting fire with fire

Insurance & Risk Professional, August 2007

New leader, same fire taxes mindset

Sunrise Exchange News, 31 July 2007

Brigades fire up over non-insurance

Sunrise Exchange News, 10 July 2007 

FSL backdown ‘victory for common sense’

Sunrise Exchange News, 5 June 2007

Heated argument: The question of who should fund fire services is back on the agenda

Insurance & Risk Professional, June 2007

Scrap insurance taxes: Costello

Sunrise Exchange News, 5 June 2007

Menzies Research Lecture, Address to the State Policy Conference

Hon. Peter Costello MP, 1 June 2007

Bigger Levy: NZ DIGS IN
Insurers and brokers battle a plan to extend ’s fire and rescue levy

Insurance & Risk Professional, June 2007 

Taxation on Insurance Submission

VFF Victorian Tresurer, May 2007

NZ insurers and brokers attack FSL extension plan

Sunrise Exchange News, 1 May 2007

Consumers blind to insurance taxes

Sunrise Exchange News, 15 May 2007

Brokers hail Victorian government tax backdown

NIBA Media Release, 30 May 2007

Allianz welcomes Victorian Government decision to abandon increase in insurance taxes

Allianz Australia Media Release, 30 May 2007

NZ fire services levy ‘outrage’

Sunrise Exchange News, 24 April 2007

DOFI tax payment doubt

Sunrise Exchange News, 11 April 2007

ABS Statistics – Highlight Taxation Burden on Insurance Products

Insurance Council of Australia, 3 April 2007

Fire insurance taxes unfair

BRW Letter of the Week, 22-28 March 2007

Airline stamp duty row erupts

Sunrise Exchange News, 20 February 2007

TAX CRUSADER
Loss adjuster Allan Manning maintains the rage over taxes on premiums

Insurance & Risk Professional, December 2006

Insurance taxes battle continues

Sunrise Exchange News, 12 December 2007

Victoria increase fire levy...again

Sunrise Exchange News, 3 October 2006 

 

NIBA defends ACT rates-based fire levy

Sunrise Exchange News, 19 September 2006

Canberra ill-prepared for bushfires

Sunrise Exchange News, 12 September 2006

Bracks simmers as fire levy debate warms up

Sunrise Exchange News, 15 August 2006

Dutton backs insurance tax reform

Sunrise Exchange News, 15 August 2006

Insurance Council welcomes Assistant Treasurer Peter Duttons push for FSL reform

Insurance Council of Australia Limited, 11 August 2006

Attack on Tax

Insurance & Risk Professional, August 2006

Minister attacks insurers on FSL

Sunrise Exchange News, 1 August 2006

Tax fight takes centre stage in rural NSW

Sunrise Exchange News, 1 August 2006

Terrorism levy adds to the costs

NIBA Backgrounder, July 2006

NSW opposition gets on FSL bandwagon

Sunrise Exchange News, 11 July 2006

Industry shares Costello's one-system dream

Sunrise Exchange News, 4 July 2006

Insurance Council welcomes another voice in the campaign for FSL reform

Insurance Council of Australia Limited, 28 June 2006

Tax battle goes public

Insurance & Risk Professional, June 2006

Greedy states won't forgo stamp duty on insurance

Sydney Morning Herald, 19 April 2006

An election in the air

Insurance & Risk Professional, April 2006

Paying through the home

NIBA Backgrounder, April 2006

The cost of country living... it all depends on where you live

NIBA Backgrounder, March 2006

Burning policyholders' pockets

NIBA Backgrounder, February 2006

A tax on a tax...

NIBA Backgrounder, January 2006

The state taxes quandary

By Walter Spratt, December 2005

Insurance against tax

Insurance & Risk Professional, October 2005

Taxing Deductibles

Insurance & Risk Professional, August 2005

The Fire Services Levy

Institute of Public Affairs, 15 July 2005

Taxes drain insurance premium pool

Australian Financial Review on 29 May 2002

Households and business slugged by insurance tax increase

Insurance Council of Australia media release, 24 May 2005

2005/06 Pre-Budget Submission

Insurance Australia Group submission to the NSW Treasurer, 17 March 2005

Tax Attack

Insurance & Risk Professional, February 2005

Insurance Taxation

Commonwealth Grants Commission Draft Assessment Paper, August 2003

Tax Attack

Insurance & Risk Professional, June 2003

Tangled taxes

Insurance & Risk Professional, October 2002

Tax Attached Successes

Insurance & Risk Professional, August 2002