Whose job is it to buffer communities from natural disasters?

15 March 2022

BCCM CEO, Melina Morrison, was featured on ABC’s Life Matters this morning discussing the role mutuals play in insurance. The theme of the show was Whose job is it to buffer communities from natural disasters?

Listen to Melina (16’05 to 19’58)

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