If you’re not properly insured … then it will be a real disaster
Damage to property and buildings by fire and other disasters, natural or otherwise, costs Australians hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In the last year this has been even more defined by the recent floods in Queensland and Victoria.
Notwithstanding the substantial number of properties that suffered as a result of the recent floods, the most common building disaster in Australia is fire, so it is important to be prepared. Luckily we have only had one earthquake in recent history and although the chances of these occurrences are low, the devastation they can do has been clearly seen in Christchurch. Continue reading
Are your Fire Insurance Assessments up to date?
Damage to property and buildings by fire and other disasters, natural or otherwise, costs Australians hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In Australia, the most common building disaster is fire, so it is important to be prepared.
Napier & Blakeley’s fire insurance assessments are called reinstatement cost assessments. The function of these assessments is to determine the amount a property needs to be insured, to cover the possibility of damage from a disaster. This can include the demolition of the remaining component of the property followed by reconstruction.
Construction markets nationally have gone through significant upturns in cost in recent years. While the increase in these costs may have slowed, they are still far greater than they were a few years ago.
