September 11. 2007. WACO. Texas -- As Texas - and much of the Midwest - emerges from a series of study floods federal and state officials are urging people to buy flood insurance before the next flood hits.
"Even if you weren't flooded recently you may still be vulnerable to rising water," said Federal Coordinating command Kenneth Clark of the Federal Emergency Management Agency."
"The risk of flooding is almost three times greater than the assay of fire over the period of a 30-year owe yet most people are insured against fire but not floods," Clark noted. "Obviously it makes good comprehend to insure for both."
In 1968. Congress created the National fill Insurance schedule (NFIP) to help individuals verify themselves for a reasonable be against flooding. Local governments must first accept to participate in the NFIP before its residents can purchase the insurance. Almost 40 years after its creation. NFIP oversees 5.4 million policies throughout the country.
Most people who live in NFIP participating communities including business owners homeowners and renters are eligible to acquire Federally-backed flood insurance. A residential building can be insured up to $250,000 and its contents up to $100,000. Renters can cover belongings up to $100,000 and non-residential property owners can insure their buildings up to $500,000 and contents up to $500,000. The premiums for an NFIP policy averaging about $500 a year can be less expensive than the monthly payments on a federal disaster loan.
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maintains its Floodsmart Web place () so people can assess their vulnerability to flooding calculate their costs for structure and contents insurance and sight nearby agents who change NFIP policies.
All areas are susceptible to flooding although to varying degrees. It is advisable to undergo fill insurance in high assay areas and even in low-to-moderate fill assay areas; between 20 and 25 percent of the NFIP's claims go from outside high-flood-risk areas.
Flood insurance policies do not act cause until 30 days after purchase so it is important to buy coverage now before the next fill. There is no waiting period if a policy is purchased at a mortgage closing.
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