Hail is hail, this is the opinion of the court is no ambiguity. A dairy farmer from Someren did this to get damages paid to get his insurer, but his claim is on Friday by the court in Rotterdam rejected.
It is going to be a victim of the severe weather event on June 23 of this year. In that storm, with wind speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour, were multiple buildings of the farmer damaged by chunks of ice. The insurer Interpolis did not matter, because the farmer is not separately had insured for damage caused by hail.
policy set according to the court, the concept of hail is to be understood, namely, any form of precipitation, which if ijskorrels drop, regardless of the size thereof. The farmer thought, however, that his damage was caused by the storm. Without all that hard windbewegingen would the blocks of ice, after all, never as large as they are, he said.
The farmer must now, according to the ruling, the legal fees to pay. These are currently estimated at about 3,000 euros.
Interpolis said in a response to be satisfied , with the fact that the judge in this ruling for the clarity it has provided”. The insurer sets the main impact of the storm on the 23 June to understand. Interpolis is still busy with the handling of the damage of over 1300 farmers and gardeners. It is estimated to an amount of over 160 million euro.
Agriculture organisation ZLTO is disappointed with the ruling. This has primarily consequences for the farmer in Someren, but there are 29 other farmers with similar claims. That, it seems, are also pathetic,” says spokesman Maarten Leseman. ,,This is bad for the reputation of Achmea and Interpolis. Farmers vote with their feet.”
According to ZLTO is also a farmer from Sterksel to the right stepped on because of a claim against Aegon. ,,That are somewhat more expansive terms so that is different than at Interpolis.” There are about ten other farmers, who make that case to follow closely because they are also with Aegon turned upside down.
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