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  • Australian politicians issue list of improvements for property insurers

    21 October 2024

    Parliament has examined how industry responded to 2022 flooding, which cost industry A$7.7bn

  • Brickbats rain down on Australia's property insurers at parliamentary investigation

    14 February 2024

    Politicians suggested Australia's insurers had only themselves to blame for a humiliating grilling over responses to 2022's flooding. But insurers said constructing homes in flood plains is not exactly helping, as David Walker reports

  • Consumer advocate urges Australian government to reinsure flood, not just cyclones

    02 February 2024

    Alternative is for government to pay for the uninsured, Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby warns