Changes Ahead- Risk Rating 2.0

Risk Rating 2.0 – New Initiative May Increase Flood Premiums and Decrease Property Values

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which administers the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) announced Risk Rating 2.0, a new effort designed to improve how the NFIP determines flood risk and flood insurance premiums. It purports to leverage industry best practices and technology; however, by most accounts, Risk Rating 2.0 will increase premiums and decrease […]

NFIP Reauthorization Watch

NFIP Reauthorization Watch – Notes from a Congressional Hearing

The countdown is on, yet again, for NFIP Reauthorization, the renewal of the National Flood Insurance Program set to expire May 31, 2019. Both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate must pass legislation to continue the federal program and will consider changes, improvements, short-term or long-term renewal.  Last month’s U.S. House Committee on […]

It’s Time for Congress to Reform the Flood Insurance Program - An Opinion

It’s Time for Congress to Reform the Flood Insurance Program – An Opinion

(This excerpt was originally published at Inside Sources) Since September 2017, lawmakers had passed nine short-term extensions to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which covers more than 5.1 million flood policies throughout the country and provides vital assistance to disaster-stricken communities. On December 21, 2018, they did it again, voting to keep the program […]

Flood Risk News & NotesvFIS

Flood Risk News & Notes: Rates, Maps, Regulatory and Elevation Matters

From the headlines to your bottom line, this edition of Flood Risk News & Notes includes another extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); an increase in flood insurance premium rates; flood map changes in more than 70 communities around the country; and a reminder about elevation certificates. Below you will find a summary […]