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FPCs and ‘Build Back Better’ approach can support communities struggling with flooding – Flood Re

By 2021-07-15T11:30:00

Flood, house with homemade barrier

Due to the detrimental impact of flooding on socially vulnerable and ethnic minority communities, the insurance industry ‘must support the roll out of Build Back Better’

Socially vulnerable communities and ethnic minorities are disproportionately suffering from the impacts of flooding because they are less able to cope and take longer to bounce back from the economic shock of flood risks - greater understanding around this trend ”will be really important to where investment is allocated in the future for flood defences”, said Andy Bord, chief executive of Flood Re.

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