Got that feeling?; SUBSIDENCE CLAIMS SOAR AFTER LONG, HOT SUMMER SUBSIDENCE CLAIMS SOAR.(Features)

The Mirror (London, England) | September 17, 2003 | Copyright

Byline: JOHN HUSBAND

THOUSANDS of families will receive a costly memento of this year's hot summer.

Not only was 2003 the hottest ever, it was also the driest summer since 1995. And that is undermining the very foundations of our homes.

The drought that year resulted in a 60 per cent increase in insurance claims for subsidence and insurers fear it will be just as bad this time.

Insurance giant Direct Line says claims are already running 25 per cent above normal and it expects worse to come.

Direct Line's subsidence claims manager ...

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