Recently the Parliamentary Inquiry into insurers’ responses to 2022 major floods claims 2022 visited our region. On Tuesday 7th May, a public hearing was held in Molong and on Wednesday 8th May, the Inquiry was set up in Eugowra.
Independent Member for Calare, Andrew Gee, said “Communities like Eugowra, Molong, Canowindra, Cudal and Manildra were devastated by the storm and flood events of November 2022,” Mr Gee said.
“In many cases, the rebuilding and recovery process has been made much harder, and the tragedy much worse, by the cold-hearted and shocking response of insurers to policy holders.
“From long delays in claims processing, to widespread knockbacks, it’s taken a huge toll across our region.
“This inquiry — which I called for and pushed the Government to get up and running — is an opportunity to tackle the massive power imbalance between policy holders and insurance companies, and to help bring some lasting change to this industry,” said Mr Gee.
Storm and flood insurance experiences can also be shared by completing an online survey. This can be found at www.aph.gov.au/floodinsurance