'Haven' to give every Australian home a voice on extreme weather risks and how to protect it

Haven uses property, location, weather, and natural peril risk data, allowing any homeowner in Australia to enter their address and understand their home’s weather risks in a tailored, dynamic video and downloadable resilience report for their home.

The report details the estimated risk levels for storms, cyclones, floods, and bushfires for each property, along with tailored recommendations on how to strengthen homes against future weather events.

The launch coincides with the release of alarming new Suncorp data showing that more than 2.7 million Australian addresses are high-risk of at least one extreme weather peril, such as bushfires, floods, cyclones, and storms.

The data shows around 1.3 million addresses are high-risk of bushfire, almost 40,000 are high-risk to flood, more than 1.5 million are at high-risk of storm damage, and almost 38,000 are high-risk of cyclone.

Suncorp Chief Executive Consumer Insurance Lisa Harrison said to help encourage home resilience across the country, Suncorp included extreme weather risk data in the Haven experience, therefore making resilience tips more tailored to each property.

“As extreme weather becomes more frequent and severe, we’re using our 100 years of experience, alongside the latest technology and data, to help all Australians make their homes more resilient,” Ms Harrison said.

“With more than 2.7 million Australian homes identified as high-risk of at least one extreme weather peril, Haven enables all homeowners to understand their risk and the proactive steps they can take to safeguard their homes from future danger. Ultimately this is about improving household resilience and looking to reduce property damage.

Haven builds upon Suncorp’s commitment to raise awareness and education about home resilience through initiatives such as One House, a Suncorp partnership with experts from James Cook University’s Cyclone Testing Station, CSIRO, and Room11 Architects to design and test one of Australia’s most natural disaster-resilient homes.

Suncorp Haven uses live data APIs to incorporate publicly available property and weather data, such as Google, CoreLogic and Willy Weather. 

Accessible nationwide, Haven is free and available for everyone to use at haven.suncorp.com.au