Davies Lavery partner says flooding cost high

Phillip West, a partner at London-based law firm Davies Lavery, hassaid the true cost of flooding to...

Phillip West, a partner at London-based law firm Davies Lavery, hassaid the true cost of flooding to society is potentially very high,considering that a number of households and businesses may be underinsuredagainst floods.

He pointed out that the UK is one of only a handful of countriesthroughout the world where insurance companies provide flood cover to mosthomeowners.

"It was introduced in the UK in the 1960s following a Governmentcommitment to provide flood defences in areas at risk," Mr West

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