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Article #341: Flood Insurance

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There are many risks that people are that they give you, as well as any other
accustomed to insuring against. These home loans you already have. They will
will include, health insurance, auto also require you to carry flood insurance
insurance and fire insurance. There are in the future. The other thing about the
others that are less familiar, such as Federal Emergency Management Assistance
dental and flood insurance but there are program is that it only kicks in if your
many reasons why you should reassess the area and flood are declared a federal
insurances you currently have in place disaster site. This can be fairly rare
and perhaps consider relocating them to when compared to the amount of floods
cover the risks that you are most afraid that are experienced annually.
of experiencing. Flood insurance will be offered by
For example, did you know that losses due various insurance companies but should be
to floods are thirty times more likely to backed by the National Flood Insurance
occur than fire losses? This is Program. This type of coverage, which is
especially true if your home is located supported and regulated by the federal
in a flood prone zone. While flood loss government, is the only type of flood
is generally less devastating than fire insurance that will fully protect your
loss, if your home is located in a flood home and contents from rising water flood
prone zone, the chance of even insurance.
experiencing catastrophic damage is still Shop Around
25% greater from flood than from fire. If you are considering taking out a
Flood loss policy of this kind, shop around for the
Most basic home insurance policies do not best rate and find out what is covered
automatically include flood loss as and what is excluded. It may be that a
standard. Commercial property policies specific company’s exclusion is
are the same, with flood loss only being exactly the situation in which you
covered if it is specifically mentioned require coverage and other companies may
in the policy. If the flood is extremely not have the same exclusion so you are
severe, it may be classified as a wise to shop around. Also, all insurance
disaster site by the federal government. companies vary in what they offer and
This will cause some protection to be what they charge. Do not accept the first
made available in the form of loans. offer or quote you receive and do not
These loans, which come through the expect all companies to provide the same
Federal Emergency Management Assistance deals. You should always shop around when
program, are not like insurance however, it comes to insurance and find yourself
as you are required to pay back the loan the best deal available.






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