Sorry for your inconvenience, Ian. Use your eloquent words to write a letter to the editor, expressing your problems (more than one if necessary) Sometimes local news will take up your cause, if you let them know about it.Let the Ins Co. know you are mad and not going to take it anymore. Make sure you use the co. name where ever possibly, they hate the negative press.
Well, I question that.
In December my town had a "one in fifty years" hail storm.
The insurance company inspected, agreed to replace my roof, repair ceilings, repaint walls and generally was very cooperative.
Unfortunately, there is a property boom around here.
I am getting quite sick of emptying the buckets every night catching the rain by artful placement of plastic sheets arounnd the ceiling. If free market was tempered by a little bit of compassion, then my roof would have been replaced by now.
Getting the shites with all this
Ian

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