Blog: Government moves on cladding replacement expose insurers’ inaction
Since the Grenfell Tower tragedy just over two years ago, building owners have been removing and replacing unsafe aluminium composite material cladding from their high-rise housing stock across the UK. Joanna Grant, partner at Fenchurch Law, asks why have insurers not taken action before now to cover the costs of replacement despite the fact their policies respond to the risk posed by ACM cladding
Plans for a cladding replacement fund were first revealed in May when the communities secretary, James Brokenshire announced that the government would fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe
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