Insurance firms refuse cover for flood victims

HUNDREDS of flood victims from last November’s crisis are being refused new cover when their policies are up for renewal.

The Cork Flood Action Committee (CFAC) confirmed that despite widespread 300% premium rises in affected areas, insurance firms are refusing to continue to provide flood cover for victims.

According to the group’s legal adviser, Joe Noonan, up to 400 of the 1,200 people living in the Mardyke, Middle Parish and Victoria Road areas of Cork city had their house insurance policies come up for renewal in the four months since the flooding.