GIO is an Australian home and motor insurance provider. The company, which is owned by the Suncorp Group, offers insurance products, such as car, home and contents, CTP, boat, caravan, travel, business, public liability and workers compensation and life, primarily in the state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. The insurer was originally founded as the Government Insurance Office New South Wales in 1927 to provide workers compensation insurance and adopted the name, GIO.