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How ‘rain bomb’ vexed insurance models: Suncorp
Liam WalshReporter
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The “rain bomb” of flash flooding and intense downpours across eastern Australia has proven an especially tough disaster for insurers such as Suncorp to predict.
The 15 straight days of disaster are different to a normal river flood and so incorporate harder to anticipate wildcards for modelling, such as if roads have not been properly built to allow rainwater to drain.
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Liam Walsh writes on investigations and companies with The Australian Financial Review. He has won multiple media awards, worked in Japan and is now based in Brisbane. Email Liam at liam.walsh@afr.com.au
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