Flood, Wind & Hail
Storm Éowyn
UK & Ireland
Jan 2025
Primary Contact
Claims Alert Line
T: 0141 229 7500
E: claimsalert@crawco.co.uk
Overview
Crawford & Company readies for Storm Éowyn in the UK & Ireland
Crawford is ready to respond to claims and support affected people and communities in repair and recovery from this potentially devastating storm. We also have experts available to assist with business interruption claims.
Visit our services page to learn more about the support we can offer. See below for updates on Crawford's response to Storm Éowyn.
Updates
Jan 23, 2025
Beginning early Friday and continuing over the coming weekend, Storm Éowyn, the fifth named storm of the season so far, is approaching over the Atlantic. Initially, a rare Met Office red warning – indicating potential risk to life – was issued for Ireland as the first point of landfall. The storm is then expected to travel east to large parts of the UK mainland.
Currently, the level of alert seems to be reducing slightly and there is some uncertainty as to the final strength of the storm. We are expecting claims due to flooding or coastal surge but, with gusts likely to exceed 90mph, the main hazard is expected to be wind damage.
The impact of this storm is still set to be worse than late December’s Storm Darragh, meaning that Crawford is invoking the highest level of surge plans to include our breadth of resources across all parts of our UK operation, not just our property teams.
This embraces enhanced preparation on surge strategy and guidelines and extending our digital technologies to help adjusters settle claims as quickly as possible, backed by our customer and client support teams who are at the ready to support adjusters in seamlessly handling increased claim volumes from Northern Ireland, Scotland and North of England – the areas likely to be worst hit.
We’re also engaging directly with our clients so we can dovetail into their own surge plans, making sure we can provide the support they need, as well as keeping client communication channels open.
With these plans already engaged in readiness for increased demand for assistance, you can be sure that Crawford will be there with the right team, the right technology, and the right processes to help restore lives, businesses and communities.
We will provide more updates as they become available.