Analysis

Briefing: Resilience vital as rising tide of flood risk threatens insurance sector

By Jon Guy 2023-07-19T09:21:00

flood resilience

The country, its government and its insurers will need to act on the threat that flooding is posing and will continue to pose

By Jon Guy 

As Europe suffers under another extreme heatwave this week, the UK has been warned that climate change will test the very limits of the country’s flood resilience.

Over the past decade Europe, and particularly north western Europe, has seen its temperatures rising at a rate that outstrips the rest of the world.

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