The insurance industry rejects the assertions but Minister of State Michael D'Arcy wants further examinations into the claims
Storm Ophelia battered Ireland in October 2017 Image: Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews.ie Storm Ophelia battered Ireland in October 2017 Image: Eamonn Farrell/Rollingnews.ie MEMBERS OF THE government have met with some of the country’s biggest insurers over claims customers were left shortchanged over compensation payouts following Storm Ophelia and Storm Emma.
The insurance industry, however, rejects these assertions, with a spokesperson telling the TheJournal.ie they are “anecdotal and untested”. Red Alert weather warnings were issued for Storm Ophelia and Storm Emma in October 2017 and February 2018, respectively.In response to a parliamentary question last week from Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesperson Michael McGrath, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said that D’Arcy had requested the department analyse how insurance claims were managed in the aftermath of the storms.
“A summary was prepared following these meetings outlining an analysis of some of the points raised during the meetings,” Donohoe said.
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