Insurance battle for flood victims in Kirklees - Local West Yorkshire ...

HOMEOWNERS are being denied flood insurance because of delays by the Government and insurers coming to a new deal on affordable cover, it was claimed today.

Now a Kirklees councillor is battling to get a new scheme set up.

Clr Andrew Cooper is fighting on behalf of several residents in Armitage Bridge, who have been hit by flooding twice in the last four years.

Many more families in West Yorkshire are expected to hit similar problems, after flooding in recent weeks.

The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents more than 350 councils in England and Wales, said an arrangement between the Government and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) to provide cover to flood-risk homes expires next June, and a new agreement has yet to be reached.

It said that a number of councils have reported homeowners who have tried to renew their insurance in the past few weeks have been denied cover or quoted hugely inflated prices.

In Armitage Bridge, several properties were flooded when Dean Brook burst its banks in 2008.

Clr Cooper, leader of the Green Party on Kirklees Council, is also chairman of the LGA flood management committee.

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Source: http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2012/07/20/insurance-battle-for-flood-victims-in-kirklees-86081-31433275/

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