The Victorian Fire Services Levy has now increased to 85% – This is a charge on Victorian Insurance to help the government pay for the cost of Fire Services – An outcome of the recent Royal Commission into the bush-fires was to delete the existing levy as it was felt that it meant many were uninsured owing to the high costs in Australia –
One of the countries prominent Loss Adjuster Allan Manning has stated in his NO TAX ON INSURANCE WebSite that the changes are detrimental to adequate risk management