Near-finished Porter Davis homes will be completed
Porter Davis liquidators have been working to find solutions for staff and clients since the home building company collapsed a week ago.
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Premier backs call to not bail out beleaguered builder
Authorities are probing whether one of Australia's largest home builders illegally took deposits from customers before securing their insurance policies.
Queensland considers third-party car insurance reform
Queensland is looking at a shake-up of the state's compulsory third-party car insurance scheme amid concerns over premium competition and insurer profitability.
Long wait for insurance compounds disaster trauma
A new report into the mental health burden of disasters across Australia shows adequate insurance coverage is central to recovery.
Spongiest city no match for deadly ‘atmospheric river’
Extensive flood devastation in Australia and New Zealand is calling into question the design of cities that should keep millions of residents out of harm's way.
Banks to pay $126m over dodgy insurance
A class action has been settled with three of Australia's big banks, with customers sold consumer protection insurance to share in $126 million.
Qld floods bill tops $7.7 billion: report
Deloitte estimates the total cost of the southeast Queensland floods, which impacted half a million people and 18,000 homes and business, to be $7.7 billion.
Help on way after funeral insurer collapse
The Albanese government has announced around $4 million in relief for families impacted by the collapse of insurer ACBF-Youpla.
Teen cyclone survivor confronts bank boss
A school boy cyclone survivor has challenged a bank boss to do more on climate change, interrupting an elite business summit to call out "ridiculous" lending.
One in 25 properties ‘uninsurable by 2030’
A new report warns 521,000 properties could be uninsurable by the end of this decade due to climate change risks.
Alert system forms part of Qld flood probe
A review of the flood disaster that killed 13 people in southeast Queensland will include effectiveness of emergency alerts and agency co-operation.
Assessors, techies, bankers join mud army
Insurers say it's too soon to put a price on the floods as initial claims near $2 billion and assessors, techies and bankers muck in alongside communities.
Fee hunters drawn to $1.6b in flood claims
Flood victims are urged to be aware of "claims farmers" who tout assistance with insurance paperwork, for a fee, lured by claims rising past $1.6 billion.
IAG turns H1 profit, cuts dividend
Australia's biggest insurer has used price hikes and taken its NRMA brand to other states to return to first-half profit.
Suncorp peppered by disaster claims
Major insurer Suncorp has weathered a challenging first half peppered by natural disaster claims but is more optimistic about the rest of the year.
Insurers could walk away from flood towns
Property owners could be hit with higher insurance bills or find themselves uninsurable after the failure of flood mitigation infrastructure in Maryborough.