Are you protected against Australia’s severe weather?

There has been an increase in the number of severe weather events especially in the past five years. Natural disasters including bushfires, severe storms, floods, earthquakes and landslides are becoming somewhat commonplace in Australia. These weather phenomenon can cause great financial hardship for individuals and their families, especially if they do not have sufficient insurance cover.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology Australia is one of the most vulnerable regions of the world for natural disasters so it is increasingly important that you are properly protected. Many Australian’s are either underinsured or not insured at all.

Summer in Australia is synonymous with extreme weather especially summer storms and bushfires. Summer storms include wild wet weather including flash floods, cyclones, and hail storms, bushfires are also a major risk at this time of the year posing great risk to Australian communities.

So now is as good a time as any for an insurance health check, Home and contents insurance provides protection against events such as fire or explosion, lightning, earthquake, theft or attempted theft, storm , rainwater or wind damage.

Get a free eChoice insurance health check today, make sure you are properly protected and sufficiently covered. We compare quotes from all the major lenders to find you the right cover.