Insurance Premiums – Bingle Help Centre

How are premiums calculated?

When we calculate your premium, we consider a range of factors including information about the:

Listed Drivers – Who will be driving the insured vehicle and their age and gender.
Car – Information about your car including age, make and model.
Location – Where the vehicle is parked.
Excess – The standard excess you have chosen on your policy. *
Optional Extras – If you’ve chosen to have the Windscreen, Keep Mobile or New for Old options.

Other factors that contribute to the premium include the costs of providing and administering your policy, the cost of claims we pay under the insurance we provide, as well as government charges.

Why is my renewal premium different to last year’s premium?

When we offer to renew your policy, the premium we offer is likely to be different to what you paid last time. While your circumstances may not change from one year to the next, the effect they have on your premium may have changed, and this can change the premium.

For more details on how the premiums are generated please refer to the Premiums, Excesses and Claims Guides.

What is the premium I pay used for?

Claims

Naturally, you’d expect one of the largest portion of premiums collected is used to help pay out claims. That means when you pay your premium Bingle will be using that money to help get our customers back on the road.

Expenses

Every business has operating costs that enable them to continue their operations and service their customers. That's why a percentage of insurance premium goes towards running costs. Bingle also invest in the technologies and products that improve the services we provide to you.

Profit

Like any business, Bingle needs to make a profit so we can continue running our business year after year. Profit can vary significantly depending on whether there were large scale events like storms, floods and cyclones, which takes us to the next section – reinsurance.

Reinsurance

Part of the premium we collect goes towards paying our own premiums to our insurers – which we call reinsurance providers. This reinsurance ensures that no matter how major a storm, flood or cyclone is, we can maintain our ability to pay out claims.

How can I review my premium?

Review your policies to make sure all the details are correct. Some changes can impact your premium. If you feel your policy pricing is incorrect, log into Policy Self Service and check over your policy details to make sure everything is accurate and complete.

Your policy details may have an impact on your premium, so make sure they’re all correct and up to date.

Disclaimers:

What your premium goes towards may differ and may change from time to time. The information is intended to be of general nature only. Subject to any rights you may have under any law, we do not accept any legal responsibility for any loss or damage, including loss of business or profits or any other indirect loss, incurred as a result of reliance upon the information. Please make your own enquiries.

The information provided is accurate and true as of 3rd June 2019, noting we may change our pricing practice (and the premium factors) from time to time.

* Choose Your Excess option is available for new Comprehensive Car policies from 5 June 2020 and renewing Comprehensive Car policies with an effective date of 2 July 2020.

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