Building insurance
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- Victorian Parliament
New charge for Victoria’s state-backed insurer of Suburban Rail Loop
The government is raising a “capital management” fee to help bring its Victorian Managed Insurance Authority back to financial health.
- Kieran Rooney
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- Climate crisis
The maps that show how climate change is driving up the cost of insuring Melbourne homes
Check how your insurance premium compares with other suburbs, and where insurers are pricing up the risks of bushfires and floods the most.
- Bianca Hall
- Opinion
- Opinion
The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told
Insurance companies, the banks and the government know what’s coming, but they don’t want to talk about it before it happens, mainly because they don’t know what to do about it.
- Ross Gittins
The maps that reveal how climate disasters are driving up insurance premiums in Sydney
The accelerating risk of climate disasters including floods, bushfires and storms means Sydneysiders in some parts of the city are paying over three times more for home insurance than others.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Construction
Darren’s defect-riddled Sydney home had no roof for six months. Now he’s $600,000 short
The state government-run insurance scheme, the Home Building Compensation Fund, was designed to help families such as the Ayres. The reality shows the safety net is too small.
- Max Maddison
Insurance claims flood in after torrential rains in north Queensland
Premiums are higher in the tropical north, and those who can afford cover have started lodging claims for flood damage.
- Fraser Barton
‘Some homes weren’t designed with fire in mind’: Is timber to blame for LA wildfires?
Many Australians seeing images of the devastating blazes in Los Angeles might wonder if the houses are being built in a way that makes them combustible.
- Michael Koziol
‘Lines drawn across our front yard’: New flood zones to cost some homeowners
The Brisbane City Council has changed the status of several thousand properties – with some new additions meaning higher insurance premiums.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
Consumers in firing line as state building insurer looks to fix battered budget
The agency in charge of domestic building insurance has been canvassing premium hikes and ways to cut claims in an effort mend its finances.
- Kieran Rooney
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- Construction
‘We’re glad to see the back of him’: Embattled Nicheliving director steps down from diplomat role
One of two directors of embattled building company Nicheliving has resigned from his second role – a position highly involved with the state’s political elite.
- Connor McGoverne
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