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How to automate your car insurance renewal reminders

A practical way to automate car insurance renewal reminders so a comprehensive, third-party or CTP policy never lapses, without another calendar entry to forget.

By Insuro · About our guides

Car insurance is the policy Australians are most likely to hold and most likely to let lapse. Comprehensive, third-party property, CTP (green slip in NSW) and roadside assistance often renew on different dates from different insurers, and each renewal comes as a separately styled email that is easy to miss in a busy inbox.

Why one calendar reminder isn't enough

A single reminder on the day the policy renews leaves no time to compare quotes, update the insured driver list, or query a premium jump. And if the insurer changes the renewal date (which happens after a claim, a mid-policy change, or a switch of insurer), the reminder no longer matches reality.

What a good automation looks like

  • Reads the renewal date from the insurer's own email. If a human has to type it in, it will get out of date.
  • Sends more than one reminder. Around a month out, two weeks out, and a few days out, so a single missed email doesn't mean a lapsed policy.
  • Handles every car and every insurer in one place. Household with two vehicles and different insurers? One vault, one reminder stream.
  • Keeps the renewal PDF attached. When the reminder fires, the full policy schedule is one tap away.
Insuro does this end-to-end for car insurance renewals. Forward the renewal email from NRMA, AAMI, Allianz, Budget Direct, Youi, RACV or any Australian insurer to your private@insuro.com.auaddress and reminders schedule themselves. Free.

What to check at each renewal

  • Agreed vs market value. Insurers often bump agreed value each year. It's worth checking against what the car is realistically worth.
  • Named-driver list. A driver added mid-year sometimes falls off at renewal.
  • Excess and premium change. Most renewals list last year's premium. A big jump is often negotiable, or worth a comparison quote before it auto-renews.

Getting started

Start with whichever car policy renews next. Get it into a system that reads the renewal date directly from the insurer's email, then add the rest as each renewal comes around. Within a year every vehicle is captured, and lapsed car insurance stops being a risk you have to remember to manage.

Put your policy information to use

Stop losing track of your policies.

Free. Forward policy emails to your private @insuro.com.au address and we take it from there.

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