Insurance claims

Britain’s Collapsing Infrastructure Could Cause Home Insurers Problems

It’s no secret that the UK public sector is failing in its basic duties. Look at the huge fly tipping incident recently in Oxfordshire, the millions of potholes in our roads, or the lack of […]

Opinion

Subsiding Insurance: A Tipping Point Moment or Just a Plea For Financial Support?

This piece is by Rory Yates, Head of Global Strategy, EIS AXA UK’s recent call for the Government to collaborate more closely with them and the wider insurance industry on building greater resilience has captured […]

Insurance claims

Property: Mainmark Offers Handy Guide to Spotting Subsidence

This is useful general info for anyone in property claims or reinsurance; With mortgage rates remaining high and household budgets stretched, it’s important that any nasty surprises which could have a detrimental impact on finances […]

Opinion

Triaging Tree-Related Subsidence: An Insurance Perspective

Local Surveyors Direct estimated that subsidence claims over the last 10 years have cost the insurance industry between £140-400 million annually. A significant proportion of these claims will be due to tree-related subsidence, where tree […]

News

Reassessing Subsidence Claims Management: A Call for Environmental Consideration

What is the law surrounding tree root damage to property? Author: Sarah Dodd, Founder & Director at Tree Law, takes an in-depth look here. In recent years, the landscape of home insurance claims has been […]

Insurance claims

Digging For Clues on Subsidence Claims

As many people working in construction, archaeology, flood claims or farming know, Britain is a series of islands built upon various rivers, streams, brooks, springs, bogs, wells etc with some crumbly rock strata and clay […]

Insurance claims

Geobear Celebrates 40 Years in Business

It is 40 years since Geobear introduced a revolutionary idea in ground engineering. Confronted with a collapsing floor in a popular Finland department store, the traditional and highly disruptive approach of underpinning was rejected in […]