Home builder’s collapse blows hole in state insurer’s finances

Home builder’s collapse blows hole in state insurer’s finances

Taxpayers face having to pay for higher insurance premiums on major projects after the Porter Davis collapse hit the state insurance agency’s budget.

  • byKieran Rooney

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Australians face more insurance rises despite cost of living concerns

Australians face more insurance rises despite cost of living concerns

Australian insurers expect premiums to continue rising this year despite growing concerns about affordability and the growing impact on the country’s inflation figures.

  • byMillie Muroi
Surging home insurance premiums penalise loyal customers

Surging home insurance premiums penalise loyal customers

The rocketing cost of home insurance makes the savings from shopping around particularly worthwhile.

  • byJohn Collett
Families stung by builder collapse just as Porter Davis bailout expires

Families stung by builder collapse just as Porter Davis bailout expires

Victorian customers of a builder that has gone under have been stranded without insurance and are now pleading with the state government to revive the bailout program introduced after the collapse of Porter Davis.

  • byKieran Rooney
Home owners turn on state insurer over ‘double catastrophe’ following builder collapse

Home owners turn on state insurer over ‘double catastrophe’ following builder collapse

More than 1300 domestic building cover claims are still awaiting settlement from the state-backed insurance agency after the collapse of Porter Davis and other building firms.

  • byKieran Rooney
PM pledges aid as Shepparton remains on alert for floodwaters

PM pledges aid as Shepparton remains on alert for floodwaters

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged further support for victims of Victoria’s damaging floods as the clean-up continues and some communities remain under threat.

  • byLachlan Abbott andCaroline Schelle
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How surging insurance bills could help us deal with climate change

How surging insurance bills could help us deal with climate change

Insurance increases – and some areas being declared uninsurable – are a price signal from a hotter,riskier planet. Will they end up driving our adaptation to the climate crisis?

  • byLiam Mannix
Suncorp flags more premium hikes as reinsurance costs bite

Suncorp flags more premium hikes as reinsurance costs bite

The insurer says premiums for car and home insurance have been increasing at double-digit rates,and prices will continue to rise.

  • byClancy Yeates
Bad developers have left a trail of misery,but our reforms are cleaning them out

Bad developers have left a trail of misery,but our reforms are cleaning them out

There have been observable improvements in the quality of recently completed apartment buildings in NSW.

  • byDavid Chandler
‘We’ve got a house we can’t live in’:Flood insurance fallout under review

‘We’ve got a house we can’t live in’:Flood insurance fallout under review

The federal government is launching an inquiry into how insurers handled the 2022 floods,as families battle insurers months on from the disaster.

  • byRachel Clun
Government ignored advice to expand building insurance cover

Government ignored advice to expand building insurance cover

Introducing an “abandonment trigger” could help as many as 570 customers a year who are currently unable to make claims.

  • byAnnika Smethurst