A municipality in the Rouen conurbation is without insurance following the riots. Following the fire at one of her schools during the urban violence at the beginning of the summer, the mayoress of Petit-Quevilly received a letter from her insurer Helvetia informing her of the termination of the insurance contract that covered the municipal buildings until then. If the company obviously assumes the cost of the damages related to the fire, it no longer wants this municipality as a client.
“We became aware of the damage” on the morning of July 1 and “we made our statement to the insurance during the day,” explains the mayor of Petit-Quevilly, Charlotte Goujon, to bfm tv. But, on August 9, “we received a letter dated August 7 informing us that after this disaster […]the insurance terminated our contract” that covered property damage, he says, confirming “that after the date indicated in the letter,” the municipality “would no longer have insurance.”
unusable school
A difficult situation for Petit-Quevilly, which had already struggled to find a company willing to cover the risks that municipalities prefer to insure themselves against. “We had to launch the tender several times,” underlines the Norman councilor, who challenged the delegate minister in charge of Communities, Dominique Faure, on social networks. “I guess we are not the only municipalities affected,” Charlotte Goujon said, calling on the government to “find solutions.”
The Robert-Desnos kindergarten, in the Piscine district, was set on fire on the night of June 30 to July 1, 2023 during the urban riots that followed the death of the young Nahel. If the fire only spread to the premises dedicated to restoration, some classrooms were also affected by smoke and soot deposits, making the school unusable for the next school year. Students must stay at a neighboring school.
Source: BFM TV
