Gippsland region insurance and financial roadshow announced

Date : 12 Mar 2009

A free insurance and financial roadshow session will be held for people in the Gippsland region who have been affected by the recent bushfires.

The session will take place on Monday 16 March, from 6.30 pm. It will be held at the Traralgon South Community Hall (address below).

Lawyers from Bushfire Legal Help partner organisations, Insurance Ombudsman and Insurance Council of Australia will provide information, take questions and provide assistance to anyone with a problem:

• dealing with your insurance company
• your insurance policy – definitions, signing a release
• the amount insured under your policy
• the amount received under your policy
• reviewing your insurance payout – a four week deadline applies
• underinsurance – what it means
• the Insurance Ombudsman – how it works
• the Insurance Code of Practice
• information on claims
• information on complaints
• disaster claims review rights
• mortgage stress – personal and financial hardship
• mortgage payments on destroyed property
• replacement loans and rebuilding.

Venue

Traralgon South Community Hall
Keith Morgan Drive (cnr Grey and Breed streets)
Traralgon South

More information

For more information about the insurance roadshows or for legal information about bushfire-related issues, call the Bushfire legal help line on 1800 113 432. The help line is open from 8.45 am to 5.15 pm, Monday to Friday.

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