EP: 513•5 Feb 2021

How Insurance Works For Townhouses and Body Corporates ... What Investor Need to Know | Ep. 513

About this episode

In this episode, Ed and Andrew are joined by Simon Yarrell from Axico to discuss how insurance works for townhouses and apartments.

We discuss how insurance is handled for townhouses, and particularly what happens if your townhouses don't have a body corporate. We also detail whether an insurance company would even insure a particular development or set of townhouses based on their configuration.

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