Pulling up the drawbridge

With the industry still lobbying hard for increased investment in flood defences, talk is turning again to the issue of unsuitable property development on at-risk land. While insurers have taken this summer's £3bn clean up bill on the chin - and continued to maintain cover - it is becoming increasingly insistent that sensible precautions need to be taken. Rachel Gordon reports

Bearing in MIND the UK insurance industry is facing a bill of at least £3bn for the two major flooding incidents this summer, it has arguably been very accommodating in its approach to maintaining