New South Wales south coast residents impacted by the Black Summer bushfires have shed light on how flood victims might fare in a priced-out insurance sector weighed down by stalled policy.
Dr Bronte Somerset’s town of Quaama in the Bega Valley was engulfed by fire on New Years’ Eve 2020. Although the home she shares with husband, Richard Parker, was saved “by a whisker”, their small insurance claim was not without its problems.
