18 August 2023, The Conversation: Home insurance bills are soaring as climate risks grow. The government should step in. The Actuaries Institute of Austalia has just confirmed what many Australian households already know – home insurance is increasingly unaffordable. It found average … Continue reading →
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May 2022, Climate Council Report: UNINSURABLE NATION: AUSTRALIA’S MOST CLIMATE-VULNERABLE PLACES. Climate Change, driven by the burning of coal, oil and gas is supercharging our weather systems. While climate change affects all Australians, the risks are not shared equally. In the most extreme … Continue reading →
4 March 2022, The Conversation: Victims of NSW and Queensland floods have lodged 60,000 claims, but too many are underinsured. Here’s a better way. As South-East Queensland and New South Wales wade through the devastation of storms and flooding that now … Continue reading →
3 March 2022, The Conversation: After the floods comes underinsurance: we need a better plan. The floods affecting Australia’s eastern seaboard are a “1 in 1,000-year event”, according to New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet. But that’s not what science, or … Continue reading →