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This webpage is the official source of information about notice distributions during the settlement administration process. You can verify any notice you receive about this class action here.
Please read the information on this webpage before contacting us with questions. We may not reply to requests for the information on this webpage or in notices we send you to reduce costs for the benefit of all registered group members.
This is a different case to the AAI & MTA Add-On Insurance Class Action (see here)
Verification Checks
Legitimate notices from Maurice Blackburn about this settlement will always come from addonclassaction@mauriceblackburn.com.au, donotreply@mauriceblackburn.com.au or ‘MBLawyers’ by SMS, and will contain links from our authorised domain mauriceblackburn.com.au.
If your registered email address or mobile has changed, please fill out this form.
The deadline to submit your bank details has now passed.
We are currently conducting verification checks on bank details and other information submitted, including checks required by law, before settlement payments can be made.
Some Eligible Group Members may be contacted and asked to provide additional information or documents to help us complete these checks. If we need anything further from you, we will contact you directly. You do not need to do anything unless we contact you.
To allow our team to focus on completing this work as efficiently as possible, we are unable to respond to individual enquiries about claim status, compensation calculations or payment timeframes.
We note that new registrations cannot be accepted now pursuant to Court order.
For the Eligible Group Members who missed the deadline, we will open submissions for a further 7-days in or around mid-late November. If you have not submitted your details, we will notify you by your registered contact details when this period opens. The timing of this depends on the progress and outcomes of verification checks, so we cannot guarantee when it will happen. We will post on our website closer to the time. Please do not contact us to ask us about this so we can focus on our work. Once this further deadline passes, there will be no more opportunities to claim your compensation as we must progress the settlement in the interests of all registered group members.
We expect payments to commence in the first quarter of 2027. The change to this expected timeline is in part due to the high volume of new complex claims that have been identified during the bank account collection process. We are also intending to provide a further, final opportunity to group members to provide their bank account details, to ensure that we are able to make payments to as many eligible group members as possible. Once these complex issues are resolved, we will need to undertake mandatory verification checks, to confirm the accuracy and legitimacy of the bank account details provided to us, as well as sanctions checks. Payments can’t commence until all verification checks are complete, and compensation entitlements can be recalculated based on who claims their compensation and passes these checks. For these reasons, we are unable to fast-track individual payments.
Payments may be staggered due to the volume of claims being progressed.
We are progressing the settlement administration as quickly and efficiently as we can on behalf of all 170,000 eligible group members that are entitled to receive payments.
We encourage you to not enter any agreements based on what compensation you expect to receive or when the compensation might be paid. If you are experiencing immediate financial difficulty, you may wish to contact a financial counsellor, or the National Debt Helpline on 1800 007 007.
Have questions? Please read our FAQ guide before contacting us
Your privacy and security
We understand that requests for personal or banking information can cause concern. Protecting your information is important to us. We have put measures in place to ensure information is collected securely and used only for purposes connected with administering the settlement and meeting legal requirements.
For these reasons, we cannot accept bank details by phone or email. We will never ask you to provide banking information through a reply email, text message, or phone call.
You will be asked to provide your name, bank name, account type, account number, BSB, nationality and DOB through our secure portal linked in your notice.
We will never ask for your online banking login or password, PIN number, or bank card information including CVC. If you receive an unsolicited request for this information, never provide it until you independently verify the source is legitimate. We do not require and will never ask for this information. We only ask for the information we need to pay you.
We recommend you check:
- that any email you receive comes from our official email address addonclassaction@mauriceblackburn.com.au
- text messages will show the sender name 'MBLawyers'
- links will always contain our authorised domain mauriceblackburn.com.au
- that the date you received your Notice matches the dates published on this webpage. We will post the dates of any official notices we send.
If you are ever unsure whether a communication is genuine, do not click any links until you have checked the information on this webpage.
What is the settlement administration process, and how did we get here?
Settlement administration is a term used to describe the process of assessing claims and distributing settlement money to Eligible Group Members. It typically occurs after a matter goes to trial, or the defendant and plaintiff reach a settlement agreement prior to trial.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Allianz Add-On Insurance Class Action was commenced on behalf of the plaintiffs and persons who purchased one or more of the following Allianz add-on insurance policies between 1 June 2006 and 27 September 2021 at or around the time they purchased a vehicle from a dealership:
- loan protection insurance;
- motor equity Insurance (including purchase price insurance and value protect insurance);
- extended motor warranty insurance; or
- tyre and rim Insurance.
The class action sought damages to compensate each group member and/or recovery of the amount of the premiums mistakenly paid.
No, this is not a scam. Maurice Blackburn is the Court-appointed Settlement Administrator of the Allianz Add-On Insurance Class Action settlement and is responsible for distributing settlement payments in accordance with the Court-approved Settlement Distribution Scheme.
If you have received notices from us during the settlement administration, it is because you registered a claim to participate in the settlement.
We understand that scam activity is common and encourage all group members to take reasonable steps to verify communications. That is why we publish notice dates, email addresses, and other verification information on this webpage.
We recommend you:
- read the information on this webpage about any notice distributions, including the dates. We will post information here when we send out official communications. Check that the information in your notice lines up with the information on this webpage.
- check any email you receive about the Allianz Add-On Insurance Class Action comes from our official email addresses – addonclassaction@mauriceblackburn.com.au or donotreply@mauriceblackburn.com.au
- check any text messages appear with the contact name as ‘MBLawyers’
Your information will be held and managed securely and lawfully in accordance with our privacy policy, which you can access here.
The compensation amount is different for each person and is calculated under the Court-approved Settlement Distribution Scheme. The calculation considers information such as your policy details and other relevant data, so that compensation can be distributed fairly among eligible group members. Estimated compensation amounts may range from $30 to approximately $25,000, depending on each person’s circumstances including how many policies they purchased, when they purchased their policies, and how much they paid.
Your Estimated Distribution Notice sets out your individual estimated compensation amount. This amount is final and cannot be changed or reviewed. We may not respond to individual requests for review as no further action can be taken.
Policies before 7 July 2014
Less compensation is available for policies entered into before 7 July 2014. This is because those claims carried greater legal risk, including the possibility that a limitation period may have prevented those claims from succeeding. The Court approved discounts for those claims as part of the loss formula in the Settlement Distribution Scheme. The Settlement Administrator cannot change this. Please check the Policy Date in the table above to see if this applies to you.
Final compensation amounts may differ
The amount paid to you may be different from your Estimated Distribution Amount if some eligible group members do not provide their bank details by the deadline. If that happens, their unpaid compensation will remain in the pool and may be distributed to eligible group members who provided their bank details on time. When we pay you, we will send you a remittance notice confirming your final payment amount.
Compensation assessments were calculated using the mathematical formula in the Court-approved Settlement Distribution Scheme (Scheme).
This result is final and cannot be reviewed or appealed, and we are unable to respond to requests to review individual assessments.
To update your contact details in relation to the Allianz class action, please fill out the webform available here.
Once you have submitted the form, you do not need to do anything else to update your details. We will process your request in due course.
All Eligible Group Members who participate in the settlement administration must:
- Answer all questions truthfully, and to the best of your knowledge, accurately;
- Ensure that your contact information is up to date and notify us of any changes; and
- Respond to all communication requests from us (as Scheme Administrator) – including activities, emails, and text prompts – within the timeframes and/or due dates provided in the communication.
The SDS was approved by the Supreme Court of Victoria as part of settlement approval.
The SDS establishes the procedures for distributing the settlement sum to Eligible Group Members.
A copy of the SDS is available here.
To request a copy of the ‘Confidential Annexures' to the SDS, use the form available here.
The Supreme Court of Victoria ordered that the some of the $170m settlement sum be used to pay:
- legal costs (25% of the settlement sum),
- reimbursement payments to the two plaintiffs ($30,000 to each plaintiff), and
- the costs of administering payment of the settlement sum to eligible group members ($4.72m).
The remainder of the settlement sum, more than $120 million, will be shared proportionally between eligible group members, subject to any further orders of the Court.
The Court independently reviewed the settlement terms, including legal costs and the deductions set out above, and approved them as fair and reasonable for all group members.
The Administrator reports to the Court every 6 months on the performance of the Scheme including costs incurred and payments made to eligible group members. Administration costs cannot be exceeded without Court approval. If the Administration Costs are less than this amount, the remaining amount will be distributed to group members or as otherwise provided for by the Scheme.
Maurice Blackburn does not retain any unclaimed funds from the distribution sum. These funds remain in the pool for distribution to other eligible group members according to their proportional share.
For more information on costs and the Court’s reasons, you can read the Settlement Approval Orders and Settlement Approval Judgment in the ‘key documents’ section at the bottom of this webpage.
We will send you a letter containing your Estimated Distribution Notice if you have not provided us with an email address or mobile number. However, you will still be required to submit your bank details via the secure online portal. If you need help with technology, please ask a trusted family member or friend.
For security reasons, and because of the large number of group members, we cannot accept bank details by phone or email.
