Press Releases


13/05/2013

In a major U-turn from 2011, the 2013 title of most aggressive drivers on Aussie roads goes to those behind the wheels of SUVs, according to leading national insurer AAMI. A study of driving behaviours in 2011 by the insurer revealed that those driving smaller cars were the most likely to display aggressive behaviours.



28/03/2013

New South Wales drivers trying to get a head start on their Easter Weekend driving holiday would be well advised to stop, revive and stay alive with claims data from AAMI, the leading national insurer, showing a 40% spike in accidents on NSW roads the evening before the Easter Weekend begins.



28/03/2013

South Australian drivers trying to get a head start on their Easter Weekend driving holiday would be well advised to stop, revive and stay alive with claims data from AAMI, the leading national insurer, showing a nearly 90% spike in accidents on SA  roads the evening before the Easter Weekend begins.



28/03/2013

Tasmanian drivers trying to get a head start on their Easter Weekend driving holiday would be well advised to stop, revive and stay alive with claims data from AAMI, the leading national insurer, showing a spike more than one-third in accidents on Tasmanian roads the evening before the Easter Weekend begins.



28/03/2013

Victorian drivers trying to get a head start on their Easter Weekend driving holiday would be well advised to stop, revive and stay alive with claims data from AAMI, the leading national insurer, showing a nearly 50% spike in accidents on Victorian roads the evening before the Easter Weekend begins.



28/03/2013

West Australian drivers trying to get a head start on their Easter Weekend driving holiday would be well advised to stop, revive and stay alive with claims data from AAMI, the leading national insurer, showing a 10% spike in accidents on WA roads the evening before the Easter Weekend begins.



13/02/2013

AAMI, the leading national motor insurer, has released research suggesting that drink-drive messages are not getting through to young Australian women, who are almost twice as likely to have driven while over the legal limit than they were a decade ago.



29/01/2013

AAMI, the leading national motor insurer, has examined its claim statistics for the last school year (February 2012 – December 2012) and found that in South Australia, a third (33 per cent) of collisions with pedestrians or cyclists occur between 7am to 9am and 3m to 5pm, key school pick up and drop off times. Unlike in some other Australian states, School Zones in South Australia operate 24 hours a day.



12/12/2012

AAMI’s 12th annual Young Drivers Index reveals that while most young drivers are doing the right thing on the roads, mobiles and other distractions are increasingly becoming cause for concern.



19/10/2012

AAMI, the leading national insurer, has won the ‘Best Use of Social Media’ award at the Australian Banking and Finance (AB+F) Magazine’s 2012 Insurance Awards Gala dinner in Sydney.



15/10/2012

The new AAMI Claim Assist App is a game-changer.
AAMI, the leading national car insurer, has made making an insurance claim even quicker and easier with the launch of the new AAMI Claim Assist app.



11/10/2012

In the hope that drivers will think more carefully about their actions on the road, leading national car insurer, AAMI is for the first time revealing the most common types of injury suffered by innocent, thirdparty victims of car crashes.



28/09/2012

Men are twice as likely to doze off while driving as women, according to new research from leading national car insurer, AAMIi.



19/09/2012

New South Wales drivers have more accidents than any other state because of failing to give way to other vehicles, according to new data from AAMI, Australia’s largest national car insurer.



19/09/2012

More than a quarter (27.7%) of all crashes on Queensland (QLD) roads are head-to tail and drivers in the Sunshine State are second only to Tasmania when it comes to crashing in to stationary objects, according to new data from AAMI, Australia’s largest national car insurer.



19/09/2012

More than half of all crashes on South Australian (SA) roads are either nose to tail or parked car dings, according to new data from AAMI, Australia’s largest national car insurer.



19/09/2012

Tasmanians drivers are more likely to crash in to stationary objects than in to another moving vehicle, according to new data from AAMI, Australia’s largest national car insurer.



19/09/2012

Nearly a third of all crashes on Victorian (VIC) roads are head-to tail and drivers in the Garden State are second only to New South Wales when it comes to having accidents because of a failure to give way, according to new data from AAMI, Australia’s largest national car insurer.



19/09/2012

More than half of all crashes on Western Australian (WA) roads are either head-to-tail or parked car dings, according to new data from AAMI, Australia’s largest national car insurer.