G is not a stranger Gueritee benefit challenges. He has worked in the British Royal Air Force in World War II, there is misrepresentation of age to participate in 16-year-old, in the 1939-year-old. As a Wellington bomber after the mechanical work, he joined a mobile radar unit, leading German deep in order to determine the attackers target. More recently, Gerry combines passion for motorsport weekend, he was a garage owner's career. In the sixties and seventies is an international mountaineering and Sprint records Porsche, BMW, Brabham car number. But Gerry latest challenge has been facing the consequences of the floods last summer. It Cotswold stone house in the town of Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, has been seriously affected, as 18 inches of water swept through the underground. Water also flooded Wellington Aviation Museum, Gerry, 84, in 1990, as a British Royal Air Force personnel, who Moreton in training Air Force Base, future wars tribute to his old school was established in the country of origin – swamp. Only books, documents and photographs were damaged. Gerry said: "The water turned into pulp in the identification of those records." Fortunately, the building is almost intact. Gerry said: "I have good reason to flood after the museum closed a good thing, but I continue to move forward." After cleansing and disinfection, the museum re-opened within two weeks. However, in Gerry takes a long time to repair the house. Gypsum had to walls, floors and the kitchen must be removed twisted tear, needed a complete reconstruction. Gerry convoy stopped at the garden as a living room, kitchen, ongoing maintenance. Your insurance company, mutual convey information to pay £ 60,000 to restore the property and replace the damaged contents. Final recarpeting and re-decoration is in May to complete. Gerry is a life history of many a down flooding. More than 130,000 homes and businesses were flooded 30000, 20000 cars were damaged. Insurance companies to pay more than 3 billion pounds to resolve the claim. The total insured property losses amounting to € 20 billion dollars. Even now, thousands of families living in temporary accommodation or caravans. Flood the size of the insurance companies and loss adjusters major challenge. Some companies claim processing efficiency, while others are struggling. Commissioned by government adviser Sir Michael Pitt report on lessons learned from last year's floods. Their final results are expected later this month, but its interim report, said: "There response was very variable experience in insurance companies. 'In the majority of the owners received an immediate response, although some days to get close to your insurance company, before contact. During his visit schedule also critical appraisers… which will soon get a lot of views, while others were forced to wait, because the lack of available experts. "Pitt said, insurers should be taken to evaluate claims that the owners can continue to flood clean, wet rot and articles of common standards, without the need to regulate the visits. Simon Black, flood mapping in charge of Norwich Union, said: "The flood claims have not, as we are faced with any other claims. The owner must bear the consequences of a few months." We know how we communicate with our customers experience. When someone will be several months away from home, sit down to discuss the post-flood reconstruction of the impact of a week is difficult. Might be better to let him down in other quarters, and then a month later and began planning for the future. "Who were flooded, and many are facing a higher excess – the amount you must pay the cost of future flood claims. Black said:" We have to look at £ 5,000 atrocities, someone has a big house, a large number of assets in order to protection. "Nu a 10% increase in premium income of the family since last summer, although it said that this not only because of flooding. Flood victims dissatisfied with your insurance company's claims service provider's or last year of treatment and get another appointment is not easy to The. comparison sites moneysupermarket.'s COM recent analysis of high-risk in the UK postal code contribution. We find that in any case the property floods last year, an average of only three in 60 insurance companies are willing to quote.'s a great loss also raised whether the insurance company can continue to provide universal coverage of the floods problem. in an insurance company and the government's agreement, the insurance company's commitment to provide flood cover for all the family, where the risk of flooding at least every 75 years, the higher risk areas, flood defense plans. In return, the insurance company asked the Government to strengthen the flood control spending and to change planning laws to stop the construction of the alluvial plain. insurance company is reviewing the agreement, and some families may not be able to fill the possibilities. Black said, "new construction in high-risk areas of the property will become increasingly difficult to guarantee, unless measures are built to fight the floods. '

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