NEARLY 50 PER CENT OF THE DUTCH POPULATION LIVES IN AREAS THAT CAN...

30. Nearly 50 per cent of the Dutch population lives in areas that can flood. In these flood prone areas, also insured

people live with no or less risk, for example when their homes were built higher. Part of these regions, the

floodplains, is excluded from coverage in the insurance structure that the Association stands for. For 50 per cent of

the Dutch there is no risk of flooding.