UK’s biggest insurer hit by rise in subsidence claims after record hot summer

November 13, 2026 · 1:37 pm 1 sources

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• UK’s biggest insurer hit by rise in subsidence claims after record hot summer
  The Guardian · November 13, 2026 13:37
  Increase reported by Aviva after Hastings Direct said claims were up 140% in August and Axa said it had been a ‘surge year’ The UK’s largest insurer has been hit by a rise in subsidence claims after an extremely hot summer left households across the country grappling with the fallout from the…