Aviva’s latest analysis reveals a staggering 35 percent of home insurance flood claims are lodged between June and August, highlighting the unexpected summer deluge risk.

The insurer’s review of home and commercial policy flood claims from 2013 to 2024 shows that July and August are particularly perilous, each with 12 percent of annual flood claims, closely trailing December’s 17 percent.

Interestingly, the data suggests floods are increasingly occurring outside the traditional “flood season”…