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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

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How premiums for home insurance have climbed since 2020, by Sydney LGA.

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
Darren and family Donna, Summer 9, Ruby 7, Dylan 7, at their home in Ryde.

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
The Australian Defence Force has been asked to help deliver a temporary bridge over Ollera Creek on the Bruce Highway to allow for the transport of food, supplies and support to flood-affected areas.

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 houses had a lucky escape from the LA fires - what makes them different?

‘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
The new flood map for Brisbane, as outlined in the City Plan 2024.

‘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
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The collapse of Porter Davis put a strain on the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority.

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
Former Niche Living director Paul Bitdorf (right) with former WA Premier Mark McGowan.

‘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
Sarah Azziz said her air conditioning unit had been cut from its piping and removed from her house.

Ex-builder Nicheliving denies stealing materials from half-built houses

At least three people have accused the deregistered builder of removing items from their houses after striking a deal to get the homes finished on the taxpayers’ dime.

  • Heather McNeill
Joan Wotton’s home has been subject to multiple repairs after pipe leaks.

Leaky pipe saga goes back decades, traumatised WA home owners warn

Families traumatised by decades of what they describe as “ticking time-bomb” plumbing pipes are pleading for compassion after being excluded from a deal to remediate newer homes.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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