⟡ The Insurance Officer Who Rejected the Housing Act by Email ⟡
Filed: 13 March 2025
Annex to N1 Claim: RBKC v. Simlett (£6.3M)
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I. £6.3 Million in Harm — Denied in Six Paragraphs
This document records the precise moment RBKC's Insurance Department, via Giuseppe Morrone, declined liability for:
Sewer gas exposure at 37 Elgin Crescent
Prolonged housing disrepair and tenant harm
Disability-based vulnerability
Respiratory crises and environmental collapse
The response?
An elegant paragraph of bureaucratic stillness that managed to deny statute, medical record, and common decency all at once.
“We do not consider this to be a legal matter.”
— And thus, they made it one.
II. The Logic of Denial in Passive Voice
Morrone’s letter:
Avoids the word “disability”
Refers to environmental poisoning as “alleged odour”
Suggests no action due to “third-party liability” complexity
Fails to cite any legal grounds for the denial itself
It’s not just that he said no.
It’s that he said it like a man paid to believe nothing happened.
The air was toxic. The tone was neutral. The email — archived.
III. Why SWANK Filed It
Because when the council’s insurer declines a formal hazard report, they are not protecting public funds — they are endorsing harm by silence.
Because “not our problem” is not a valid response to gas exposure and four minor children.
Because denial without investigation is evidentiary gold, and SWANK files it with pleasure.
Let the record show:
The evidence was ignored
The insurance review was cursory
The Housing Act was effectively dismissed
And SWANK — bound the whole refusal to your £6.3M claim
This isn’t indemnity.
It’s dereliction, formatted in legal stationery.
IV. SWANK’s Position
We do not permit insurers to sidestep statutory duty via email template.
We do not accept that medical harm is “not covered.”
We do not redact the names of those who decline liability while children wheeze.
Let the record show:
The damage was reported.
The email arrived.
The law was ignored.
And SWANK — annexed it directly to the court.
This isn’t legal ambiguity.
It’s documented non-response — and it now carries a £6.3 million price tag.