Notre-Dame: the problems with insuring a national monument
Inspectors inspect the badly damaged roof at Notre-Dame on a day which saw pledges of millions of dollars to restore the iconic site (AFP Photo/Lionel BONAVENTURE)/ Paris (AFP) - National monuments pose a myriad of problems when it comes to insuring them as the fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris shows. The French state owns the building and is its own insurer, and thus bears the entire risk. "It doesn't use an insurance company ... which is the case with a certain number of chateaux, it is a choice," said Dominique de la Fouchardiere, ...
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