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Free information sessions for bushfire victims in Yarra Glen & Healesville

Date : 27 Apr 2009

Free legal information sessions on insurance financial and credit issues will be held at:

  • Yarra Glen Recovery Centre, Cnr Anzac Ave and Melba Hwy, Yarra Glen
    6.30 pm to 8.30 pm, Thursday 7 May 2009
  • Healesville Memorial Hall, Maroondah Hwy, Healesville
    6.30 pm to 8.30 pm, Wednesday 13 May 2009.

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

  • dealing with your insurance company
  • your insurance policy – definitions, signing a release
  • the amount insured under your policy
  • the amount received under your policy
  • how to have your insurance payout reviewed 
  • underinsurance – what it means
  • the Insurance Ombudsman – how it works
  • information on complaints
  • disaster claims review rights
  • mortgage stress – personal and financial hardship
  • mortgage payments on destroyed property
  • replacement loans and rebuilding
  • fencing issues
  • housing and tenancy issues
  • applying for your superannuation
  • your property – repairs, rebuilding and selling, removing debris and demolition ('clean up')
  • replacing your identification and other documents
  • other issues.
Victorian bushfire legal help – Yarra Glen - PDF, 1.0mb Flyer for the information session being held at Yarra Glen for people affected by Victoria's bushfires.
Victorian bushfire legal help – Healesville - PDF, 831.0kb Flyer for the information session being held at Healesville for people affected by Victoria's bushfires.