Insurers offering cover again to businesses in at-risk zones

Insurance companies are beginning to provide flood cover again to businesses in some of Cork City’s most at-risk flood zones.

A senior insurance industry expert said a business on Oliver Plunkett St, an area repeatedly hit by flooding, has secured flood insurance within the last two months.

Public loss assessor, Eamonn Downey, of Owens McCarthy claims specialists, said the owners of uninsured businesses stand the best chance of getting flood cover again by hiring a local broker.