[ Association of British Insurers - Summer Floods 2007: Learning the Lessons ]

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Insurance companies are proud of their response to this year's devastating summer floods in the UK. And rightly so. Homeowners and businesses in the UK benefit from an almost unique system of flood insurance. In other European countries, protection against the costs of flooding is not a standard part of property insurance, leaving taxpayers to pick up much more of the bill.

ABI - Summer Floods 2007 Contents

• Foreword
• Recommendations
  • 1.0 Introduction
  • 2.0 National targets and leadership supporting local empowerment
  • 3.0 Identifying and reducing flood risk for today and tomorrow: developing a national strategy
  • 4.0 Planning policy fit for the future
  • 5.0 Preparing for floods and how to respond
  • 5.1 Reducing and insuring risk at a local level
  • 5.2 Delivering an effective emergency response to floods
  • 5.3 The insurance industry’s response to the floods
  • 6.0 Conclusion
• Figures
  • Figure 1 Hierarchy of choices for adaptation
  • Figure 2 Views of SMEs on where they received most help after flooding

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