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Arrangements to get Flood Re, the new flood insurance scheme up and running during 2015 are gathering pace with the announcement of Capita as the managing agent for the day to day administration of the scheme. This follows the Governments agreement to the inclusion of...

Do you ever get that sinking feeling?

”In Other than the odd sink hole, subsidence rarely hits the headlines, but the difficulties of obtaining cover is of equal concern to those in affected areas, particularly if the property has suffered damage in the past and in fact, subsidence affects as many...

There’s no smoke without fire

The jury is still out about their long term health risks, but insurers are increasingly concerned about the fire risk involved with e cigarettes. They have recently been linked to a number of fires (over 60 during 2014) with the worst incident on Merseyside where a...

Should you insure against terrorism?

We are just a few weeks into the start to the New Year and we have already seen a number of events that will keep insurance claims departments busy. The bad weather in various parts of the UK may be the norm at this time of year, although the tornado that destroyed a...