The Burnett River in Bundaberg is sitting around its peak of about 7.4 metres as emergency crews help hundreds of evacuees from the flooded Queensland town. A Leave Immediately warning is in effect with hundreds of properties under water and local farmers expecting huge losses. For insurers and brokers, the event is another acute test of flood exposure in one of Queensland’s most flood‑prone regional centres, with carriers watching closely for the number of inundated homes and businesses, the duration of isolation, the performance of mitigation works and the implications for already‑stressed flood pricing and insurability in the Wide Bay–Burnett.