A seller is not obliged to volunteer information about historical insurance claims to a buyer.  However, much of the time, standard property information forms are used which ask the seller this question.  There might be a claim for misrepresentation if an insurance claim was made historically by the seller has answered “no” to any question asked of them by the buyer which was aimed at understanding whether or not such insurance claims had been made.  However, as most of the time, the measure of damages (this is the “compensation” that the Court would award) would be based on diminution in value, it is worth thinking carefully about whether or not it is financially worth a claim against your seller.  For example, an insurance claim in relation to a fence that blew down in a storm is probably not going to have a major impact on the value of the property when compared to a claim for significant subsidence.