In connection with damage caused by the floods in Malmo last August, three large insurance companies received more than 4400 damage claims which together correspond to values around a quarter of a billion.
– It is quite exceptional. Those who have worked a long time here in Länsförsäkringar Skåne says it is the worst they’ve been through, says Ingemar Helgesson, Marketing and Communications at Länsförsäkringar Skåne, who received the majority of all notifications.
Still, it flows into damage claims. Länsförsäkringar has reserves of 65 million crowns just for building damage.
– In addition to coming as damage and compensation for personal property and for cars that have been damaged, says Ingemar Helgesson.
After the violent rains in Malmö last August, when it in one day fell 100 millimeters of rain, Länsförsäkringar with Folksam and the insurance company IF received more than 3500 construction claims cases.
In addition, over 900 reports of water damaged cars so far been submitted. The injuries reported to the three companies will thus be equal to about $ 250 million.
But the overall total becomes of course much higher when you factor in the social costs of canceled trains and transport and power outages. In addition to the notifications to other insurers and even unexpected injuries that are often expensive.
– Wastewater is then ruined everything from walls, wallpaper, carpet, furnishings, furniture. And then needed to be done a total clean-up mostly of the basement in that it must be disinfected and cleaned up and then restored, says Ingemar Helgesson.
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