{"id":669345,"date":"2026-05-14T00:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:55:10","slug":"insurers-to-hold-consultations-for-victorian-bushfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669345\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurers to hold consultations for Victorian Bushfires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thursday, 14 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>Insurers will travel to regional Victoria in coming weeks to meet with policyholders affected by the severe bushfires that swept across much of the state in January.<\/p>\n<p>The consultations, hosted by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), will provide a dedicated opportunity for locals to meet face-to-face with representatives from multiple insurers to discuss existing claims or lodge new ones.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the ICA will also be available to answer questions about the claims process, outline dispute resolution pathways, and provide practical insurance information to support impacted policyholders.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the consultations are below:<\/p>\n<p>Euroa<br \/>Date: Tuesday, 26 May 2026<br \/>Location: Euroa Recovery Hub, 34 Railway Street, Euroa<br \/>Time: 9:00am to 3:00pmAlexandra<br \/>Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2026<br \/>Location: Alexandra Shire Hall, 55 Grant Street, Alexandra<br \/>Time: 10:00am to 4:00pmHarcourt<br \/>Date: Thursday, 28 May 2026<br \/>Location: Harcourt Leisure Centre, Recreation Reserve, Binghams Rd, Harcourt<br \/>Time: 10:00am to 4:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Registrations are strongly recommended. Bookings can be made via the ICA website <a href=\"https:\/\/app.acuityscheduling.com\/schedule\/6a43c42b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Quotes attributable to ICA Director of Mitigation and Extreme Weather Response, Liam Walter:<\/p>\n<p>The bushfires from earlier this year left widespread and catastrophic damage with more than 4,700 claims lodged to date.<\/p>\n<p>While insurers had a presence in impacted communities in the immediate aftermath of the fires, we acknowledge that the road to recovery is a long one and insurers remain committed to supporting impacted policyholders through that process.<\/p>\n<p>I encourage impacted policyholders to make an appointment to speak with their insurer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, 14 May 2026 Insurers will travel to regional Victoria in coming weeks to meet with policyholders affected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-669345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}