News articles
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Ban on combustible cladding “does not go far enough”
31/10/2018
More action still needed – 16 months after Grenfell Tower Fire Measures to ban combustible materials on the outside of some buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire do not go far enough…
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Beat the freeze – ABI urges people to take action to prevent frozen and burst pipes
30/10/2018
After the worst period of burst pipes on record plagued the UK earlier this year, and with the first lot of arctic winds already sweeping across the UK – the Association of British insurers is…
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ABI welcomes combustible materials ban
01/10/2018
Responding to the news that the Government will announce a ban on combustible materials being used on the outside of high-rise residential buildings, schools, hospitals and care homes in England…
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Insurance “first and only sector” to have already taken action to protect long-standing customers
28/09/2018
Responding to news Citizens Advice has named home insurance as one of the products it believes is unfairly penalising loyal customers, ABI Director General Huw Evans said: “In any market where there…
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HCLG committee verdict on building regulations reflects ABI concerns
18/07/2018
The HCLG committee has released a report on building regulations and fire safety, covering hearings it conducted in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.
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ABI statement on Glasgow School of Art fire
26/06/2018
Given the on-going emergency closure of access to some undamaged properties in the vicinity of the Glasgow School of Art, the ABI has issued the following statement: “In situations where people are…
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Beast from the East leads to the worst of the bursts
05/06/2018
Bad weather insurance claims rocket by 290%, in the first quarter as insurers helped customers hit by the Beast from the East. The so-called Beast from the East and Storm Emma that caused widespread…
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Hackitt Review right to change testing regime but total ban on combustible materials still needed
17/05/2018
Responding to the publication today of the report from the Hackitt Review into building regulations, Huw Evans, Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said: “We are pleased the…
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Scale of fire safety testing failures laid bare
25/04/2018
New post-Grenfell tests show real-life fires could burn at least 100 degrees hotter Research conducted on behalf of the insurance industry in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire has exposed the utter…
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Britain uncovered – the average UK household now owns £35,000 worth of ‘stuff’
21/02/2018
The value of possessions owned by all UK households now totals nearly £1 trillion (that’s more than the government spent last year). Average amount of stuff owned, at £35,000, is worth…