Category Archives: disaster assessment

Preventing bushfire-related building losses

australian fire burning in bushland

What an independent building consultant reveals about property risks With scorching heatwaves and early bushfires already threatening parts of Queensland, regional areas are under growing pressure to prepare for a high-risk season. Dry conditions and soaring temperatures across inland and rural regions are creating the perfect environment for fires to ignite and spread. Independent building […]

La Niña and its impact on the insurance realm

After heavy rains have decimated south-east Queensland and coastal New South Wales in the last month, many of us are keeping an eye to the skies and bracing ourselves for further disastrous effects from La Niña. In late 2021, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) foretold of a 65% increase in cyclone activity this storm season, […]