• Latest flooding brings calls to extend Flood Re scheme to businesses

    Latest flooding brings calls to extend Flood Re scheme to businesses
    Regional federation says fund designed to ensure high-risk households can obtain affordable insurance should be expandedTraders are pressing insurers to extend the scope of Flood Re, the not-for-profit fund to help households at high risk to obtain affordable flood insurance, as small business owners hit by the Christmas storms battle to keep their firms alive.The calls came as a leading accountant said the cost of winter floods across the UK w ould top £5bn, with about a fifth of the bill
  • PM defends government spending as cost of floods set to top £5bn

    PM defends government spending as cost of floods set to top £5bn
    • Floods continue to bring chaos to northern England• Environment Agency calls for complete rethink
    • More wet weather on way as Storm Frank heads for UKThe cost of the winter floods across the UK will breach £5bn, with about a fifth of the bill falling on those with inadequate or non-existent insurance policies, a leading accountant has warned.As the flood waters recede in York, Greater Manchester, Leeds and scores of towns and villages across the north of England, families
  • UK flood costs 'could be higher than £5bn'

    UK flood costs 'could be higher than £5bn'
    KPMG figures include insurance claims, the impact of ‘under insurance’, repairs to flood defences and local infrastructureThe cost of the winter floods across the UK will breach £5bn, with about a fifth of the bill falling on those with inadequate or non-existent insurance policies, a leading accountant has warned.As the flood waters recede in York, Greater Manchester, Leeds and scores of towns and villages across the north of England, families were facing up to the scale of th
  • Insurer: 2015 year in review

    Insurer: 2015 year in review
    Insurer bosses take a look back at the big stories of 2015 and look forward to the big topics that are likely to fill the headlines in 2016
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  • Broker: 2015 year in review

    Broker: 2015 year in review
    Big M&A deals, proposed government action against soft tissue injuries and cyber are among the big topics for broker bosses as they review the year and look forward to the big issues in 2016
  • Government insists whiplash reforms will be introduced "as soon as possible"

    Government insists whiplash reforms will be introduced "as soon as possible"
    Jonathan Swift Postonline Insurers have committed to give customers 100% of the savings made from new Government reforms to reduce fraudulent whiplash claims, it was announced today.
  • Government insist whiplash reforms will be introduced "as soon as possible"

    Government insist whiplash reforms will be introduced "as soon as possible"
    Jonathan Swift Postonline Insurers have committed to give customers 100% of the savings made from new Government reforms to reduce fraudulent whiplash claims, it was announced today.

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