It's the end of“a year of battles and worry”says, relieved, Valérie Revel, the socialist mayor of Lescar (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). Since January 10, its town of 10,000 inhabitants has once again had an insurer, after having been without one on December 31, 2023, the contract having been terminated by the previous one.
His case is not unique. In Breil-sur-Roya (Alpes-Maritimes), 2,400 inhabitants, the mayor (Les Républicains, LR), Sébastien Olharan, signed a decree on January 1 purely and simply banning “natural disasters” et “human activities likely to harm communal property”. Mr. Olharan recognizes this, “This decree is an absurd response to an even more absurd situation. The aim was to appeal for help..
The termination of the contract, which Mr. Olharan contested, in vain, before the administrative court, was justified by the insurer on legal grounds. But the elected official obviously makes the link with storm Alex which hit the Roya valley in 2020. “The municipality suffered 10 million euros in damage, the payment of compensation – 6 million euros in total – was completed in April or May 2024, and I received the termination notice in June”he says. After a challenge before the administrative court, its insurer, SMACL, only renewed the civil liability and legal protection contracts, essential to the continuation of the activity of certain municipal services.
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