After first investigating the class action in November 2020, Maurice Blackburn has officially commenced proceedings against Allianz Australia Insurance Limited and Allianz Australia Life Insurance Limited in the Supreme Court.

The class action is brought on behalf of persons who purchased “add-on” insurance products issued “at or around the time they purchased a vehicle from a motor vehicle dealership”, between 1 June 2006 and 27 September 2021.

According to the Supreme Court class action notice, dealers acting on Allianz’s behalf gave “personal advice” to customers who purchased add-on insurance products but “breached various obligations in relation to the giving of that advice”.

Allianz also allegedly engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct and made false or misleading representations in relation to the sale of the add-on insurance products, resulting in customers having to pay for additional insurance products “as a result of a mistaken belief in relation to the products”.

The joint lawyers for the plaintiffs are Johnson Winter & Slattery (JWS) and Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.

Lawyers Weekly contacted Maurice Blackburn for comment, but it wasn’t received in time for filing.

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