UK’s biggest insurer hit by rise in subsidence claims after record hot summer
The Guardian1 min read1 reads
Increase reported by Aviva after Hastings Direct said claims were up 140% in August and Axa said it had been a ‘surge year’
An Edwardian home’s bay window being held up by props owing to subsidence in Palmer’s Green, north London. Photograph: EDIFICE/AlamyAn Edwardian home’s bay window being held up by props owing to subsidence in Palmer’s Green, north London. Photograph: EDIFICE/AlamyUK’s biggest insurer hit by rise in subsidence claims after record hot summer
Increase reported by Aviva after Hastings Direct said claims were up 140% in August and Axa said it had been a ‘surge year’
The UK’s largest insurer has been hit by a rise in subsidence claims after an extremely hot summer left households across the country grappling with the fallout from the growing climate crisis.
