Guardian: In a week when hundreds of households have had their homes swamped by water, a war of words has broken out between the government and the insurance industry over paying for affected properties.
Householders in flood-risk areas should by now have the peace of mind of knowing their properties are still insurable under an agreement between the government and the insurance industry.
However, although that agreement was supposed to have been finalised in the spring, the two parties have failed to…