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Best Insurance Stock - ICA advice for farmers and fire victims in the Tasmanian : The Insurance Council of Australia issued the following news release: The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has issued updated a dvice for farmers and those that have lost their homes in the Tasmanian bushfires . ICA CEO Rob Whelan said ICA staff and insurance representatives remained on the ground at recovery centres in Tasmania. "The bushfire situation across south-eastern Australia is ongoing. We would advise anyone who needs to lodge a claim to contact their insurer as quickly as possible," he said. "There have been inaccurate reports that have circulated in some media outlets on injured livestock. "Reports that farmers must wait for insurance assessors to arrive before euthanising livestock are simply wrong. "Farmers who have livestock that have been injured in the fires should do the following: * Contact their insurer to notify them stock will need to be destroyed as so...

Best Insurance stock ; Insurance Claims  fires in australia Rise,  fires in Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria, Australian Insurance Claims summer 2013 : The Australian summer had been made more agonizing by the bushfires. The country's continued rising temperatures had been the crux of insurance companies as incidence claims have now surged by more than $42 million and yet more still likely to come in as the blazes unexpectedly occur with the dry weather. The figure, according to ABC News, was culled from claims filed by residents from Tasmania, where wildfires destroyed more than 100 homes over the weekend. As of press time Tuesday, firefighters are still trying to contain some 40 blazes across the southern island state. As of 9:00am (AEDT) on Tuesday, more than 410 policy holders had filed claims before insurance companies in the state's south. The ongoing fires in Tasmania, plus those in New South Wales and Victoria, are expected to inflate the calculation of propert...