Ice Causes Trees to Fall—Water Damage?

We have a carrier coding the ice losses from tree branches breaking off and damaging homes as water losses. They then apply a water loss surcharge. We think the cause of loss should be falling objects or weight of ice and snow, but not water. If ice melted and seeped into a dwelling it might make sense, but not this.

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