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7 October 2026Insurance

Disasters trigger delayed economic toll on Australian small business: QBE

Two years after a major disaster, the average affected community has an estimated 9% fewer small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) than it otherwise would have, according to research commissioned by QBE from Oxford Economics Australia. 

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