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Sep 16, 2026
Mick RavenHOST
Uh, and they were in the wrong, you know.
Mick RavenHOST
And I think it was AAMI, one of those, uh, insurance c- It was to do with cars, but the same thing happens with all of these industries.
Mick RavenHOST
They're all the same.
Mick RavenHOST
It's all about insuring yourself against the inevitable.
Alec RenehanHOST
Former ACCC chair Alan Fels has condemned debt collector Armour Group as illegal and deceptive after it spent months pressuring an 81-year-old woman over an insurance claim she was not liable for.
Alec RenehanHOST
Suncorp, whose subsidiary AAMI engaged the collector, dropped the claim, apologised and paid $1,500, admitting it acted prematurely.
Alec RenehanHOST
The watchdog is now taking ARMA and sister firm Force Legal to court over 320,000 allegedly misleading notices.
Bryce LeskeHOST
OpenAI teams up with rivals Anthropic and Google on AI safety.
Diane WalkerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This car came from behind on my left and came very close to me, and our rear-view mirrors just touched.
Adelaide MillerCORRESPONDENT
A week later, the other car's insurer, AAMI, part of the Suncorp Group, contacted Ms. Walker looking to recover costs.
Adelaide MillerCORRESPONDENT
But when she asked for evidence, which Suncorp did not have, it engaged its debt collector agent, Arma Group, which spent the next four months sending legal threats and harassing Ms. Walker into paying a claim she was not liable for.
Diane WalkerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were rather bullying-type letters.
Oliver GordonCORRESPONDENT
I am really worried about the future of this industry and, and the lack of consumer-centered design and the lack of safeguards that business is putting in to ensure that consumers aren't harmed.
Adelaide MillerCORRESPONDENT
In June this year, Suncorp executives dropped the case against Ms. Walker due to a lack of evidence, admitting ARMA was engaged prematurely.
Adelaide MillerCORRESPONDENT
The insurer apologized and paid her $1,500 for the distress caused.
Adelaide MillerCORRESPONDENT
But without the help of her son, she says the outcome could have been vastly different.