What is flood insurance
Flood insurance– People always have this thinking that they are not at the risk of flooding in their homes and for that they don’t see flooding as a threat. With regards to a survey being carried out by insurance company Swiss Re, it was reported that only 3% of homeowners believe that they will have a medium to high risk of flooding within the next two years.
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People who leave at both near the coast and in normal dry areas, have the risk of floods which can occur suddenly at any time. Floods are caused by both unforeseeable and foreseeable events that most times are reported in the media. Things which cause flooding can be hurricanes, but can also be caused by flash floods e.g heavy rain.
What is Flood Insurance?
Flood insurance can be seen as a type of property insurance which gives coverage to an apartment for damages which is caused by water, in particular, due to flooding, due to heavy or prolonged rain, snowmelt, coastal storm surges, blocked drainage systems, or dam breaks.
In so many places, a flood is considered a major event, the damages or destruction of such event even when it is uncovered doesn’t come with an additional cost when not insured.
How flood insurance works
flood insurance differs from that of basic hazard insurances that is included in household insurance.
The normal household contents in which insurance covers are internal water damage caused, for example, by a burst pipe or some weather events such as tornadoes and rainfall. But you should have it in mind that destruction or damages caused by flooding are usually not covered, individuals who live in these areas which is prone to these natural disasters are required to get special insurance.
You should know that It basically works like other insurance products, where the insured person (the house or property owner) pays an annual premium, which is entirely based on the flood risk of the property and the deductible chosen by him.
Once flooding due to an external events such as rain, snow, storm, collapsed or failed infrastructure damages or destroys the property or it’s content the homeowner or policyholder receives monetary in the amount to replace or repair the damage or to rebuild which are always up to the policy limit.
Unlike other normal basic home insurance, flood insurance requires that a policyholder to take out separate policies to cover an apartment and its contents. A separate coverage tab is required to cover the sewage backwater if the backwater was not caused by the rising flood.
National flood Insurance program.
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), offers flood insurance to homeowners in participating communities, as well as those in the NFIP-designated floodplains.
The actual insurance policies are issued by private insurance companies, not the NFIP or FEMA. In synergy with NFIP, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is working to produce up-to-date maps of the floodplains in the United States, the areas where flooding is most likely to occur.
Conclusion
Ninety percent of all-natural disasters in most countries especially the United States are related to flooding, and homeowners are advised to always get an insurance that could cover them Incase of such disaster.
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