--- title: "We've Made a Few Tweaks to Improve Efficiency" description: "We have enhanced efficiency with updated Residential Strata and Annual Construction question sets, streamlining processes and increasing auto-approval rates." type: blog version: 1 version_id: "f0ce7a1f-9056-4eb8-8fc7-02795082b63e" generated_at: "2026-06-09T00:53:03.718Z" author: "Kim Beavis" date_published: "2024-07-22T03:16:37.000Z" date_modified: "2025-06-04T00:32:07.366Z" language: en reading_time: "3 min" word_count: 443 keywords: ["We've Made a Few Tweaks to Improve Efficiency"] url: "https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/weve-made-a-few-tweaks-to-improve-efficiency" --- # We've Made a Few Tweaks to Improve Efficiency > We have enhanced efficiency with updated Residential Strata and Annual Construction question sets, streamlining processes and increasing auto-approval rates. ## Key Takeaways - Strata - Construction 1 min read # We've Made a Few Tweaks to Improve Efficiency [Kim Beavis](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/kim-beavis) : 22/07/2024 1:16:37 PM [Announcements](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/announcements) [Construction](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/construction) [Strata](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/strata) We've tweaked our question set to increase our auto-approval rate. These updates are purely cosmetic and do not affect our wording. The wrinkles have been smoothed out immediately for  [Residential Strata](/strata-insurance), and the effects for [Annual Construction](/construction-insurance) will be visible from Friday 26/7. There have been no changes made to [Professional Indemnity](/professional-indemnity). ## Strata From today, you will see the following improvements to the question set on both SCTP and Sunrise... ### Changes to our wall construction question. You will now have multiple fields to capture mixed wall and cladding construction instead of currently having only one field and having to leave comments to capture additional wall materials. We can automate more when you use these fields instead of asking you to write comments about wall construction.  Comments always trigger referrals. So this means our Auto-Approval rate has increased. ### New question about Asbestos “Does the property contain any Asbestos”. Instead of leaving us a comment to advise of Asbestos you can now capture it in this tailored question. We always require you to attach a copy of the Asbestos report for our review. ### Changes when commercial units are disclosed When you disclose commercial units, we will now ask you to enter the commercial floorspace percentage in the designated field. ## Construction From this Friday, you will see the following improvements to our Construction question set on Sunrise... ### Principal Supplied Materials This question has been removed as this is captured within the Maximum Contract Value. ### Care Custody and Control We have removed the value of items, so you can simply select the appropriate CCC Sum Insured for your client. ### Changes for referral rules We have changed referral rules for Maximum Contract Value to Turnover Ratio and the percentage usage of subcontractors/labour hire, to provide for significantly improved automation. ### Liability excesses  We have adjusted our liability excesses in the $5m - $10m turnover band. - [](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/system-changes-to-increase-efficiencies) 1 min read #### [System Changes to Increase Efficiencies](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/system-changes-to-increase-efficiencies) [Kim Beavis](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/kim-beavis) : 28/09/2023 10:10:00 AM We're scaling to new heights From tomorrow, the 28th Sep, we’ll go live with system changes to streamline quoting and reduce referrals in both our ... [Announcements](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/announcements) [Construction](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/construction) [Strata](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/strata) [Read More](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/system-changes-to-increase-efficiencies) [](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/residential-strata-pds-changes-hrs3) 1 min read #### [Residential Strata PDS Changes (HRS3)](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/residential-strata-pds-changes-hrs3) [Kim Beavis](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/kim-beavis) : 24/05/2023 3:49:00 PM We’re pleased to announce an update to our Strata Insurance PDS. Please find below links to: [Announcements](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/announcements) [Strata](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/strata) [Read More](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/residential-strata-pds-changes-hrs3) [](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/residential-strata-pds-changes-hrs4) 1 min read #### [Residential Strata PDS Changes (HRS4)](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/residential-strata-pds-changes-hrs4) [Kim Beavis](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/author/kim-beavis) : 16/08/2023 8:26:00 AM We’re pleased to announce an update to our Strata Insurance PDS. Please find below links to: [Announcements](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/announcements) [Strata](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/tag/strata) [Read More](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/residential-strata-pds-changes-hrs4) --- ## About This Content **Source:** [We've Made a Few Tweaks to Improve Efficiency](https://hutchunderwriting.com.au/blog/weve-made-a-few-tweaks-to-improve-efficiency) **Author:** Kim Beavis **Published:** July 22, 2024 *This content is provided for informational purposes. Please visit the original source for the most up-to-date information.*