Guest of the morning of Europe 1 Jacques de Peretti, the CEO of Axa France returned to the historic floods that occurred in the South-West at the end of January.
He explains that damage from natural events is more and more frequent.
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Historical floods of an unequaled scale for 40 years in the South-West and human tragedies for the victims.
The exceptional situation which justified a placement on Wednesday in red vigilance on the Garonne Marmandaise improved considerably on Friday, to the point that the prefecture expected a passage in yellow vigilance at the end of the day.
But the number of this kind of climatic event is increasing over the years, warns the CEO of Axa France.
Guest of the morning of Europe 1 on Saturday, Jacques de Peretti explains that "the bill for climatic claims doubles every 20 years" and that they should represent nearly six billion euros per year within 20 to 25 years.
"The bill was at 1.2 billion per year in the 1980s, it is today at 3.2 billion", he continues.
"The fire is being doubled by natural events"
"What is interesting to note", notes Jacques de Peretti, "is that insurance was born with the main scourge which at the time was fire." Fire is still the main scourge, but it is being doubled by natural events which represent a much greater weight. "
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Regarding the recent floods in the South-West, the CEO of Axa explains that "the number of claims declared is relatively modest."
"It is progressing quickly at the moment since with the recession, people can access their homes and realize what has happened," he continues.
Jacques de Peretti indicates that the aid put in place is "exactly what we implemented for storm Alex", in October 2020.