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Lismore flood survivors' efforts to build back better hamstrung by insurance, government payout rules

Lismore residents say their efforts to build back better are being hamstrung by rules around insurance claims and government payouts for flood-affected homes.

ABC News

Alice Springs to begin flood-mitigation designs, six years after report recommendations

The Northern Territory will begin design work for flood-mitigation action for Alice Springs that modelling suggests would help protect some residents from the effects of flooding.

ABC News

Emergency levy axing would save Hunter households 15 per cent on insurance

THE Insurance Council of Australia says Hunter households would save 15 per cent on their home insurance if the NSW government axed the Emergency Services Levy and found "a fairer way" to fund police, fire and related services.

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State of emergency: Auckland floods 'a wake-up call'

The Prime Minister has gone down to the Beehive bunker to help coordinate the emergency response, as the Insurance Council warns that some Aucklanders whose homes and business are flooded face very hard times ahead. Jonathan Milne reports.

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In 2022, Australia smashed rain records while floods caused record insurance payouts

Records fell up and down Australia’s east coast as rains, floods and insurance payouts all hit new peaks. As we welcome back the sun to our lives in 2023, what should we do to prepare for the next big wet?

ABC News

Insurance policies cancelled and premiums increase in Riverland ahead of flood peak

A woman in South Australia's flood zone had her home insurance cancelled just weeks before the peak was due to hit, only to have it reinstated after the ABC contacted her insurance company.

ABC News

Minister's plans to expedite Govt-backed flood reinsurance cover reined in

Concerned Tower Insurance's move to risk-based flood pricing would result in a deluge of hard-to-insure properties, EQC Minister David Clark tried to set up a flood reinsurance scheme AS

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Climate change, rising insurance costs, food security singled out in CSIRO megatrends report

The CSIRO's latest megatrends report, released every decade, says there has been a seismic shift in the challenges we'll face over the next 20 years, including climate change, geopolitics and artificial intelligence.

ABC News

Tony and Diane got flood insurance just before their home was inundated, but were too late

The couple's new flood insurance costs them $7,000 a year. They're struggling to pay it and they're not alone, with insurance affordability around the country predicted to get worse.

ABC News

One in two LGBTQIA+ people report discrimination or exclusion in insurance

A new national survey of LGBTQIA+ people has found almost one in two have experienced discrimination or exclusion when applying for insurance.

ABC News

Travel insurance and the curious Covid chemotherapy clause

As borders open and New Zealanders get back on planes, the way travel insurance companies explain their Covid-related travel disruption cover to their customers is coming under scrutiny

Newsroom.co.nz

Australian insurers inundated with flood damage claims as Lismore rethinks risk management plan

Insurance Council of Australia says 15,000 claims already lodged and calls for governments to do more to protect communities

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