Warning more homes will be uninsurable due to flood risk

Figure caption, Aviva boss says it 'doesn't make sense' to be building homes in flood zones as risk increases

Homes are being built today that could become uninsurable in the future due to the risk of flooding, the boss of insurance giant Aviva has said.

Amanda Blanc said the risk of flooding is "absolutely increasing", but based on current building patterns 115,000 new homes will be built in flood zones in the next decade.

"That doesn't seem to me to make sense. We need to think about where those homes are being built," she told the BBC.

About 6.3 million homes and businesses in England are at risk of flooding, according to the Environment Agency, and Aviva research found one in nine homes built between 2022 and 2024 are at medium to high risk of flooding.