Cork homeowners more likely to be refused house insurance over flood risk

Homeowners in Cork are three times as likely to be refused house insurance due to possible flooding risk than householders elsewhere in the country.

According to AA Insurance, 4.42% of Cork customers were denied house insurance because of flooding risk, compared to a national average of 1.37%.

Cork homeowners were also twice as likely to be denied house insurance because of past flood damage than other householders who had also experienced flooding.