Brett and Andy address one of the industry's most pressing and least-discussed issues: the gap between what people think they're insured for and what it actually costs to rebuild.
They work through the mechanics of underinsurance, how common calculators fall short, why costs keep rising even in a flat market, and what happens when homeowners find out at claim time that their figure was wrong.
Brett and Andy dig into why location changes everything when it comes to rebuild costs. From the labour and material differences between Auckland and Invercargill, to council consent timeframes and seismic requirements that vary by region.
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As Australia heads into another high-risk bushfire season, Allianz Australia Chief Technical Officer James Fitzpatrick has warned that climate change is moving faster than the insurance industry anticipated and that extreme weather events are increasing in both frequency and severity.
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If you work in this industry, you can sense it. The intensity of the past few years has eased slightly. The noise has dropped. In its place, something more interesting is happening. A reset.
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