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Insurance claim - Water leak

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Suz9 · 26/07/2019 05:18

We’ve got a water leak from (we believe) our mains pipe under the kitchen. They can’t start the work to access & identify the cause (& therefore insurance accept liability) until we move out. My question is this - on what basis ‘could’ insurance reject the claim? They seem to refer to gradual damage, but I don’t see how we could have known about it, so that seems unfair? Also we changed insurers in May, could they go back & try & push on to the previous insurers, or does that not happen? Any advice from knowledgable people in this field, gratefully received! Thanks

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PigletJohn · 26/07/2019 09:15

Household Insurance will not pay for mending the leak. But it will pay for damage caused by the leak, such as wet carpets.

If you have a different cover for pipe repairs (some water companies offer these) then you will have to read your policy.

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