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Summer 2022 heatwave saw surge in subsidence payouts – ABI

By 2023-03-21T10:54:00

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Insurers are expected to pay £219m in subsidence claims for 2022 caused by last summer’s ’record breaking high temperatures’, says association

Subsidence claims payouts surged during 2022 due to the summer heatwave, according to new figures released today (21 March 2023) by the ABI.

Last summer’s heatwave – which peaked in the UK with a temperature of 40.3 degrees on 19 July 2022 – led to 23,000 subsidence claims.

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