Insurance Council of Australia welcomes the $60 million Strata Resilience Program announced today by Senator Murray Watt & Meaghan Scanlon MP. This program supports #strata title property owners in North #Qld to better protect their properties from #cyclone . This is important because reducing #risk is key to…

Great news! This $7 million #investment in upgraded #flood warning infrastructure will better protect & prepare #Qld communities most at #risk of #flood . This investment aligns with Insurance Council of Australia’ advocacy for better flood warning systems.

Insurance Council of Australia welcomes the release of the first consultation paper in connection with the review of the '2020 General #Insurance Code of Practice', encouraging stakeholders to provide feedback by making a written submission. Read more: insurancecouncil.com.au/resource/ica-e…

✅Good to see the expansion of this important initiative.
Supported by the Disaster Ready Fund, this program serves to reduce #risk & empower residents in #cyclone prone Northern Australia to better protect their homes.

#Data from today shows #insurers have received 13,679 #insurance #claims related to the recent severe weather & storms across NSW, Qld & ACT.

Insurance Council of Australia declares a 'Significant Event' for last weekend’s severe #storm , activating the ICA’s preliminary #ExtremeWeather processes to assess & monitor the #insurance claims impact of the event. Read more: bit.ly/3U7sQAN

Following the recent & ongoing severe #weather in #NSW & #Qld , your first priority should be #safety . If your property has been impacted, please contact your #insurer as soon as possible even if you don't know the full extent of damage. Read on. bit.ly/3PXnPIz

As heavy #rain continues, your #safety is the priority. Please monitor #weather conditions & listen to #emergencyservices . Keep up to date, #staysafe & remember - if it’s flooded, forget it.

Important #safety message! With a number of weather warnings in place, please monitor conditions & listen to #emergencyservices . Keep up to date, #staysafe & remember - if it’s flooded, forget it. ➡️Check your #HazardsNearMe app or follow NSW SES Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales for updates.

The NSW SES advises people in the following area(s) to STAY INFORMED about possible minor to major flooding on the Hawkesbury River:
- Windsor
- North Richmond
- Sackville
- Lower Portland

Find out more: hazardwatch.gov.au/a/Zw-IG3

#NSWSES #HawkesburyRiver #NepeanRiver

As heavy #rain continues, your #safety is the priority. Please monitor #weather conditions & listen to #emergencyservices . Keep up to date, #staysafe & remember - if it’s flooded, forget it.

Well done @ALGAComms & Councillor Linda Scott for your #advocacy on this important issue. Ongoing #investment in critical #resilience & #mitigation initiatives is essential to reducing #risk in Australia’s built & natural #environment – serving to better protect homes & communities.

As heavy #rain continues, your #safety is the priority. Please monitor #weather conditions & remember - if it’s flooded, forget it.

Insurance Council of Australia welcomes Tracey Bryan, Lloyd's General Representative in Australia & Head of Regulatory Affairs & Compliance Asia Pacific as a Non-Executive member of its Board.
Read more in our #media release: bit.ly/49S7eOr

Planning a holiday? Don’t forget your #TravelInsurance . Insurance Council of Australia & @smartraveller survey shows too many people are underinsured or planning to #travel without #insurance , putting themselves at risk. Read More: bit.ly/4cantYH

New #data from Insurance Council of Australia on #insurance #catastrophe #claims provides an insight into scale and severity across multiple #flood , #storm and #cyclone events, revealing a total of $9.6B in claims incurred across 452,334 claims lodged since the beginning of 2022. More:…

Today Jim Chalmers MP announced at the #AFRBusinessSummit plans to introduce a financial sector regulatory initiatives grid, giving greater transparency to proposed #regulatory reforms. This aligns with the Insurance Council of Australia’ advocacy from Feb ‘22 for a longer-term regulatory framework that…