Phiala Mehring from LVRA wrote an article for the Wokingham Times about her views on insurance:

 
It is worth noting that most of the properties at risk from flooding are affected by pluvial flooding, i.e. run-off from rainfall on hard surfaces.  Many properties are affected by the problem of rapid run-off from hard surfaces which overwhelms the capacity of the drainage system.  This cannot be fixed by river engineering!