"We have to — bills [are] coming and we have to survive."
"Roughly speaking, for every day that activity is disrupted there, you could see an up to $1 billion hit to the economy."
"That's how most Australians will experience this higher inflation, particularly around insurance premiums and possibly some food prices."
"We encourage policy-holders to contact their insurer as soon as practically possible even if they have not been able to return to their home."
"This is a time where insurance companies can restore some of their reputation with the public by acting speedily and we expect them to do so."
"That's what insurance pricing has been doing — we've been in the perfect storm of both rising inflation, natural disasters and international reinsurance costs."