Home owners in the UK whose properties are at risk of flooding who have seen the price of their insurance rise in recent years have been urged to speak out. as reported on Friday, 02 May 2014 by Property Wire the Premier global property news service. They are being warned that government plans could leave …
House of Commons Managing Flood Risk Para 50. Agreement that the Government will “prevent unnecessary building in areas of high flood risk”. Evidence to the Committee’s previous Future Flood Management Legislation inquiry supported this approach—for example, an insurance company urged that “clear attention” be given to curbing construction in areas exposed to high flood risk. …
Hundreds of thousands of households in flood-prone areas will be guaranteed affordable flood insurance after the government and insurance industry agreed a deal today. (27 July 2013) After negotiations with the Association of British Insurers (ABI), this new agreement replaces the current ‘Statement of Principles’ that runs out at the end of July and will …
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As the countryside comes under more pressure from developers, we meet the victims of a failed flood system in Ruthin, North Wales says as an excellent article in The Telegraph ‘Everyone blames everyone else, and it’s the ordinary people in the middle who suffer’ What they actually said was there was only a ‘once-in-a-thousand-years’ possibility …
Flood danger spots identified by Environment Agency and reported by The Whitehaven News at 13:36, Friday, 09 November 2012. MORE than 60 Cumbrian communities are living under the threat of flash flooding – double the number in the rest of the entire north west region. It includes almost 20 communities in the west of the …
On Thursday, 25 October 2012 Phil Coleman of Times & Star reports that two Cumbrian towns have been chosen to pioneer a new generation of flood defences. Officials at the Environment Agency accept that floods are the number one natural hazard facing the UK, with climate changes and extreme weather putting more properties as risk.
Joanna Hopwood says my “uphill house” flood insurance shot up by 35% over ‘flood risk’ from a ditch as Aviva uses new technology for premiums as reported on 07 October 2012 by Jeff Prestridge of this is money.co.uk website . Aviva Britain’s biggest insurer, is facing a backlash from a minority of customers over the …