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How Domestic Insurers Use Cash Settlements to Underquote Repairs
Insurers increasingly offer cash settlements from preferred repairers that will not cover the cost of the actual repairs, and the scope of works proposed is often not enough.
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Hydro Consolidation and Earth Movement Exclusions in Property Insurance
Hydro consolidation, or soil collapse, is a property damage hazard where dry loose soils suddenly settle when they get wet. Whether the policy responds turns on the proximate cause.
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Why Insurers Are So Poor at Instructing Expert Witnesses
Insurers, for their own reasons, are terrible at instructing expert witnesses in domestic building and property damage matters. Please, somebody debate me on this.
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The Building and Plumbing Commissions Built In Conflict of Interest
The very body that cancels a builder's registration is also the body that pays out on their insurance claims. How can that be right?
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Time Limits for Building Defect Claims in Victoria Just Got More Complicated
Claimants have 10 years to sue from the Occupancy Permit or Certificate of Final Inspection, but where there was no building permit Gledhill imposed a six year limit. The new RO powers make it messier.
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