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One third of flood victims without home insurance survey finds

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One third of British adults affected by the recent UK floods don’t have insurance that protects their home from flooding, a PWC and You Gov survey has found.

The survey also found two thirds (64%) of respondents don’t have, or don’t know if they have, insurance that covers their home if it were to flood despite 72% of people saying protecting their home or

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