ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF QUEENSLAND

The 'Royal Automobile Club of Queensland' Limited (RACQ) is a motoring club and mutual organisation, providing roadside assistance, insurance and other services to its Queensland members. It is a member of the Australian Automobile Association.
RACQ Insurance, its insurance arm, is a 50:50 joint venture with financial institution Suncorp.

Contents

History

Locations

References

External links

History

Twelve motorists formed the Automobile Club of Queensland in 1905, receiving its Royal Charter in 1921.^[1]
In 2005, RACQ celebrated 100 years of service.

Locations

The RACQ headquarters are in Eight Mile Plains, on the southside of Brisbane, with hubs at Tingalpa, Fortitude Valley, Murarrie and Southport.
Its branches are mostly owned outright, however some are franchised or contracted out. This particularly true of the road service division, which uses contractors outside of Brisbane.
On 29 August 2006, RACQ officially launched a new mobile branch that functions as an ordinary branch, and be used for exhibitions, trade shows and to assist in large-scale disasters in helping communities get their claims processed quicker and back on their feet again sooner.

References

1. Question: What does RACQ stand for?

External links

★ RACQ

★ RACQ Insurance