The Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, calling on insurers not to “nitpick”, announced that the costs of rehousing “several thousand” victims would be “the responsibility of the State and insurers” for six months after historic floods in Pas-de-Calais.
The modification of the law on natural disasters allowing this support will be brought forward at the end of November, affirmed Minister Saint-Omer, after an exchange with local actors and representatives of the insurance sector.
Furthermore, we are going to triple the number of experts on the ground, with one objective: by December 4, all the necessary assessments have been carried out and compensation can arrive as quickly as possible. . In addition, he promised a significant advance for all victims as soon as the assessment is carried out.
He recalled that companies could benefit from partial activity and deferral of social or tax charges.
Don’t quibble
The floods, which have left five people injured since November 6, have affected 6,000 homes, 160 businesses, 130 businesses and 53 farms according to the prefecture. The minister also asked insurers not to quibble.
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What I call nitpicking is constantly asking for additional expertise even though we can clearly see that the situation is dramatic, said the Minister of the Economy during an extended microphone.
If you live in a house on the ground floor which was flooded, and your kitchen was damaged in the cupboards, you should not be told “we will reimburse you for the downstairs cupboards because the upper cupboards were not touched “I call for nitpicking, this is not acceptable,” he said.
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