Wed, 1st May 2024

01/05/2024 2 min

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Episode Synopsis

In this Weekly Insurance News Wrap from Financial Services Online, host Paige Estritori discusses key insurance issues. Firstly, the Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby is pushing for changes to Australia's cyclone insurance framework, including a fairer distribution of costs and broader coverage. However, these reforms are facing pushback. Secondly, she discusses the impact of inefficient insurance responses following the Victoria floods in October 2022, highlighting the communities' distress and demand for quicker responses by insurers. Lastly, Estritori discusses a unique case where a stationary antique car was considered a motor vehicle, hence excluded from home insurance coverage despite causing confusion during the claim process. The episode encapsulates the complexities of the Australian insurance industry currently facing various challenges.