Blog: Basement floods pose challenges for HNW adjusters

Flooded room

Loss adjusters saw claims of more than £1m after July floods hit London basements. James Long, Criterion Adjusters managing director, explains why these were so costly.

Claims from weather events used to be reasonably cyclical; plentiful during the winter with storm and flood damage but relatively few weather events during the summer. Today the summer usually brings

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