Insurance claims

UK Rainfall: Are We Getting Near Localised Flood Levels?

Some quick comments from Daniel Bernet, an Associate Director at Insurance Solutions at Moody’s. This year has started out to be generally wet in the U.K., however, with large regional differences. While some areas, in […]

Legal

Water Company Faces Court Action Over Pollution

The latest press info from the UK Govt suggests that patience is finally running out with water companies, who appear to knowingly discharge polluting materials into rivers and the sea. Allegedly. For insurers there could […]

News

Survey Reveals Homeowners Reluctant to Spend on Flood Resilience

Homeowners are facing average costs of £32,000 to fix flood damage as flood risk in the UK grows, says Flood Re. However, flood awareness and resilience among property owners remains stubbornly low. According to Flood […]

Flood Insurance

Fathom 3.0 Offers Enhanced Flood Risk Modelling

Flood specialists Fathom are enhancing their flood risk modelling software with more data sources, with the launch of Fathom-Global 3.0 – which they claim is the first complete global view of all flood perils. Here’s […]

Flood Insurance

Matlock Flood Defence Wall Repairs Approved

The UK Government has announced that funding has been approved for repairs to a flood defence wall in Matlock Derbyshire. This will benefit over 50 homes and businesses by reinstating the River Derwent flood defences. […]

Flood Insurance

ABI Warns on Flood Defences

A joint report published today by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Flood Re ahead of the government’s consultation on its comprehensive spending review highlights the vital need to maintain the UK’s flood defences […]

Flood Insurance

Previsico Flood Alerts Extend Their Reach

Leading flood forecasters Previsico is working with Zurich Insurance Company Ltd. (Zurich) and one of their top UK customers in a market-first tripartite pilot across 5,000 UK locations. The aim being to plug a major […]

Flood Insurance

Insurers: Get Flood Data & Mapping You Can Use

As Storm Christoph subsided it reminded us once again, that accurate and predictive flood data has never been so important to UK Home Insurers. It is timely news therefore that WhenFresh has partnered with leading […]