In the February 2022 Brisbane floods, 23,400 homes and businesses were flooded across 177 suburbs. While 78 per cent of the insurance claims in Brisbane have been finalised, 22 per cent are still open. Keep reading:
Twelve months after the 2022 floods, 11,328 Brisbane insurance claims are yet to be settled.
The man, who lives near the Sherwood Arboretum, told of people in his street just walking away from their homes. He told of recently waiting on the phone for 50 minutes to finally get through, only to find daylight savings meant the Sydney insurance office had closed.“The [house] strip-out was very quick, and we’ve now had it mould sanitised, which didn’t get finished until after Christmas, but it is just so slow,” he said, adding that one builder told him he had 30 claims.
He said some flood-affected families were not inclined to push because “there were many who were worse off”. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the council had reviewed the sporadic operations of the Mud Army in 2022, and it would now be organised by Volunteering Queensland.
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