Flood insurance: Government's leaky plan has Catch-22

Cost of the bad weather could reach £1bn, with claims expected to hit £30,000 each

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WITH large parts of Britain still submerged and more rain forecast, albeit in smaller doses, in coming days there are fears that the nationwide clean-up operation will end up taking months rather than days or weeks.

So what does the future hold for the insurance industry and people living in areas at risk of flooding?

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