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Interview: Anne McIntosh: Making waves
As chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, MP Anne McIntosh has been at the forefront of the struggle to find a flood risk solution. Despite success on that front looking within reach, she tells Post the hard work is not over…
View from the Top: A step closer to easing flood pain
Flood Re will help resolve the flood problem but insurers and government must still do more.
Dutch insurers urged to offer risk-based flood cover
Dutch insurers must accept the rejection of a proposed compulsory flood scheme and start offering flood cover on a voluntary basis, according to Neerlandse co-founder Rogier van der Kooy Versteeg.
Repair firm warns on Flood Re start date “grey area”
Damage restoration specialist Richfords Fire and Flood has warned that a new agreement on flood cover is not due to come into effect until 2015, with a “grey area” in the interim.
Willis Re encouraged by Flood Re government liability and excesses pledge
Proposed pool will not impose a significant administrative burden on insurance businesses nor undermine the commercial environment according to Willis Re.
Flood Re: It's here and it looks good
The long wait for a deal between the insurance industry and the government on a viable flood insurance scheme is over but the wait has been worth it.
Government responds to Water Bill draft
The government has issued a response to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Water Bill.
Deloitte and PwC welcome flood decision
Deloitte and PwC agree today’s agreement will benefit households at a high risk of flooding.
Insurers back “first step” Flood Re announcement
The UK’s largest general insurers have expressed delight at the announcement of a deal on flooding cover for UK homes.
Property industry supports ‘long-awaited’ universal flood solution
The British Property Federation has welcomed the universal flood cover that the confirmation of a flood agreement between the insurance industry and government will bring.
Government to extend regulatory powers over insurers and seek EC approval for Flood Re
The government is seeking new legal powers enabling it to force insurers to cover "their share" of policyholders living in high flood risk areas.
Flood Re wins out as government and insurers reach long-term agreement
The government and insurance industry have reached a long-awaited agreement over the future of insurance for properties at risk of flooding when the Statement of Principles expires at the end of July.
Chancellor commits to new flood defence investment
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has vowed to invest in new flood defences, despite announcing that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will see its budget cut by 10%.
Will it be smoke and mirrors with the flood defence spending?
As Chancellor, George Osborne, unveils his latest spending review today insurers will be seeking to find the amount of money committed to building new flood defences.
Groupama sees thousands of flood claims as France declared natural disaster zone
Groupama has received around 16 500 flood claims following devastating floods in southwest France.
Re-worked 'Flood Re' expected to be laid out in imminent Water Bill
Details of the Association of British Insurers’ long-awaited flood risk solution are expected to come into focus this week following a government spending review and the introduction of the Water Bill.
Flood deal appears close as Letwin headlines ABI conference
The Association of British Insurers has offered the biggest hint yet that an agreement on implementing its ‘Flood Re’ proposal is imminent, having confirmed that Oliver Letwin MP will deliver a keynote speech at its upcoming conference.
Market looks to politicians to overcome Dutch flood stalemate
The Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment plans to intervene in the flood debate raging in the Netherlands in a bid to overcome the current stalemate.
German floods could cost insurers €5.8bn
Historic floods in Germany are likely to generate insured losses of between €4bn and €5.8bn, according to catastrophe modeller AIR.
German floods could cost insurers up to €5.8bn
Historic floods in Germany are likely to generate insured losses of between €4bn and €5.8bn according to AIR Worldwide.
RSA appoints CET for home emergency services
RSA has signed up claims specialist CET to provide home emergency services to customers.