Flood Risk - Buildings/Contents Insurance
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 1:39 pm
Anyone had their Home Insurance Renewal in recently and discovered they are suddenly in imminent danger of being flooded ?
My insurer Aviva have upped my renewal by 80% with no explanation in the covering letter. When I phoned in to challenge the quote they said our postcode was in a High Risk Flood Area. Funny that, been in this house for 15 years and nobody in this area has ever flooded. When I pointed out that the nearest river was 1 mile away and significantly lower they said it was a risk of flooding from "Surface Water". I'm not sure who provides Aviva with their data but 10 mins on Gocompare brought up quotes £1000 less using the same postcode/address.
I wonder if this has anything to do with this SEPA si9te and whether other people will start to get similar shocks come renewal time ?
http://map.sepa.org.uk/floodmap/map.htm
My insurer Aviva have upped my renewal by 80% with no explanation in the covering letter. When I phoned in to challenge the quote they said our postcode was in a High Risk Flood Area. Funny that, been in this house for 15 years and nobody in this area has ever flooded. When I pointed out that the nearest river was 1 mile away and significantly lower they said it was a risk of flooding from "Surface Water". I'm not sure who provides Aviva with their data but 10 mins on Gocompare brought up quotes £1000 less using the same postcode/address.
I wonder if this has anything to do with this SEPA si9te and whether other people will start to get similar shocks come renewal time ?
http://map.sepa.org.uk/floodmap/map.htm