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- Path: sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!basser.cs.su.oz.au!malcolm
- From: malcolm@cs.su.oz.au (Malcolm Bjorn Gillies)
- Subject: Re: Insurance
- Reply-To: malcolm@cs.su.oz.au (Malcolm Bjorn Gillies)
- Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 01:42:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.014216.13093@cs.su.oz.au>
- References: <1993Jan17.220229.27142@mariner.amc.edu.au> <angus.727402783@godzilla.cgl.citri.edu.au>
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- In article <angus.727402783@godzilla.cgl.citri.edu.au> angus@cgl.citri.edu.au (angus y montgomery) writes:
- >well, membership in Bike Victoria gets you automatic 3rd party insurance
- >in case you run over someone in a Merc...
- >--
- >angus@cgl.citri.edu.au
-
- The GIO in NSW will cover a bicycle with a modified motor vehicle policy,
- which covers both theft and accident. The premium is roughly 10% of the
- replacement cost of the bicycle per year.
-
- It's been good value for me. In three years of insurance I've paid about $270
- of premiums and had about $500 worth of repairs. Then again, maybe I'm
- accident prone ;-)
-
- Malcolm
- --
- Curse you yogurt! You have brought me to a condition where only death
- offers solace! A solace that is denied.
-