Enda Kenny to quiz insurance industry on flood cover

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is to meet representatives of the insurance industry today to discuss cover for flood-prone homes and businesses. Mr Kenny said people living in towns where flood defences exist must be given flood insurance.

However, the comment is at odds with Insurance Ireland, the umbrella body for the industry, who last week said they would not be willing to sign up to any scheme to cover flood-prone areas until significant defences were built.

Michael Horan of Insurance Ireland blamed the Government for a lack of flood defences saying it would be illogical for insurers to pay out in areas where there was repeated flooding.