Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 10:28:49 GMT
At the level of material damage and people, the Insurance Compensation Consortium compensates what is insured after the claim filed
The DANA that last weekend devastated the autonomous communities of Madrid, Valencia, Catalonia and Castilla-La Mancha has caused great damage in several locations, in addition to the death of three people in Toledo and the disappearance of many others in Madrid.
As happened with Filomena, which covered the streets of Spain with a heavy snowfall and caused eight autonomous communities to be declared catastrophic zones , now with DANA, the Community of Madrid, in addition to the city of Toledo, have requested this zone declaration. catastrophic situation to be able to access public aid that could be approved by the Council of Ministers.
Different jurists clarify to Economist & Jurist what type of claims can be made, both at the level of goods and affected people, and if the affected person has been a consumer who Email Data has seen the delay of a flight or trip. Also if there is the possibility of complaining about the Civil Protection alert on Sunday that generated closures and suspensions and at the work level, what happens if you do not go to work these days.
Luis Alfonso Manzano , partner responsible for insurance and reinsurance at Bird & Bird in Spain, indicates that “when an event like the DANA of recent days occurs, the first question that will arise is whether or not we are facing an extraordinary risk. covered by the Insurance Compensation Consortium (CCS).”
“It is still early for the Consortium to rule on the matter, although everything seems to indicate that in a good part of the Peninsula the circumstances required by the Extraordinary Risk Regulation have occurred to conclude that we are facing cases of extraordinary flooding and/or storm. atypical cyclone, in which case the damage caused by these phenomena will be covered by the CCS, provided that the injured party has taken out an insurance policy with a mandatory surcharge in favor of the CCS, as required by article 4 of the Extraordinary Risks Regulation," he clarifies.
The DANA that last weekend devastated the autonomous communities of Madrid, Valencia, Catalonia and Castilla-La Mancha has caused great damage in several locations, in addition to the death of three people in Toledo and the disappearance of many others in Madrid.
As happened with Filomena, which covered the streets of Spain with a heavy snowfall and caused eight autonomous communities to be declared catastrophic zones , now with DANA, the Community of Madrid, in addition to the city of Toledo, have requested this zone declaration. catastrophic situation to be able to access public aid that could be approved by the Council of Ministers.
Different jurists clarify to Economist & Jurist what type of claims can be made, both at the level of goods and affected people, and if the affected person has been a consumer who Email Data has seen the delay of a flight or trip. Also if there is the possibility of complaining about the Civil Protection alert on Sunday that generated closures and suspensions and at the work level, what happens if you do not go to work these days.
Luis Alfonso Manzano , partner responsible for insurance and reinsurance at Bird & Bird in Spain, indicates that “when an event like the DANA of recent days occurs, the first question that will arise is whether or not we are facing an extraordinary risk. covered by the Insurance Compensation Consortium (CCS).”
“It is still early for the Consortium to rule on the matter, although everything seems to indicate that in a good part of the Peninsula the circumstances required by the Extraordinary Risk Regulation have occurred to conclude that we are facing cases of extraordinary flooding and/or storm. atypical cyclone, in which case the damage caused by these phenomena will be covered by the CCS, provided that the injured party has taken out an insurance policy with a mandatory surcharge in favor of the CCS, as required by article 4 of the Extraordinary Risks Regulation," he clarifies.