How to Use This Presentation Sharing the benefits of flood insurance to both current and potential clients will help you grow your book of business. Use this presentation to educate business owners on flood risk and the importance of having flood insurance. This presentation is virtually ready to use immediately. Customize or delete information on slides 2, 17, 19, and 23, based on your specific needs. Consider using slide 24 if your audience needs to know about legislation changes. The latest legislation information is at FEMA.gov/flood-insurance-reform. Once you update those slides and delete this instructional slide, you are ready to present.FEMA.gov/flood-insurance-reform Questions or Comments? Please contact

Flood Insurance and Your Business [AGENCY NAME] [AGENT NAME] [DATE] [Agency Logo]

 According to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, 1 in 4 businesses that close after events like floods never reopen. Why Flood Insurance?

 National Flood Insurance Program  Flood Misconceptions and Facts  Commercial Flood Insurance Basics  Reducing the Risk  Resources for You Presentation Overview

The National Flood Insurance Program

 Provides flood insurance to homeowners, renters, and business owners  Community must participate in the program  Written by insurance agencies through their carrier or direct with the NFIP (rates and coverage are the same for all agents)  Created by Congress in 1968  Administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)

What Is a Flood?

A Flood Defined Inundation of two or more acres of normally dry land or of two or more properties (one of which is your property) from:  Overflow of inland or tidal waters;  Unusual, rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source;  Mudflow; or  Collapse or sinking of land along the shore of a lake or similar body of water as a result of erosion or undermining caused by waves or currents of water exceeding anticipated levels that result in a flood

Flood Misconceptions and Facts

Misconception #1  Misconception: “I am not in a flood zone.”  Fact: Everyone lives in a flood zone.  Floods are the #1 natural disaster in the United States  If it can rain, it can flood  Risk does not stop at a line on a flood map

Misconception #2  Misconception: “I’m already covered—my commercial policy covers flooding.”  Fact: Many insurance policies do not cover flooding; only flood insurance covers flood damage.

Misconception #3  Misconception: “If a flood happens, disaster assistance will cover me.”  Fact: Disaster assistance facts:  Only available if the President declares a Federal disaster.  You must qualify.  Typically given in the form of a loan that must be repaid, with interest.

Commercial Flood Insurance Basics

 Single-peril policy  Pays up to the Actual Cash Value (depreciated value) of the actual damages or the policy limit of liability, whichever is less  Contents coverage is not automatically included in your policy (with the exception of a Preferred Risk Policy  Only pays Actual Cash Value  Can be applied to personal property or commercial contents, but not both Three Basic Facts of a Flood Policy

Key Rating Elements: Flood Zone  High-Risk Zones  Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs); labeled “A” or “V”  Moderate- to Low-Risk Zones  Non-Special Flood Hazard Areas (NSFHA); labeled B, C or X

 Base Flood Elevation (BFE)  The estimated depth of flood water during a 1 percent annual chance flood  Lowest Floor Elevation (LFE) Post-FIRM buildings  For Zones beginning with an A: elevation of the top of the lowest floor  For Zones beginning with a V: if elevated, the bottom of the lowest horizontal structural member  Rates based on LFE – BFE Key Rating Elements: Elevation for High-Risk Zones

 Coverage Limits  $500,000 on building  $500,000 on contents  Deductibles  Community Rating System (CRS) Key Rating Elements: Coverage and Deductibles

 Provides up to $30,000 for buildings in high-risk areas  Building must be declared substantially damaged or a repetitive loss  Used to floodproof, elevate, relocate, or demolish  Total amount of your business claim and ICC claim cannot exceed $500,00 Increased Cost of Compliance Coverage

 Typically, there is a 30-day waiting period for a flood insurance policy to go into effect  Exceptions  Flood insurance is required by a federally regulated and insured lender—0 days  [Wildfire 30-day waiting period exception—0 days]  Initial purchase of flood insurance as the result of a map revision—1 day Waiting Periods

 Policy for business in moderate- to low-risk areas:  Lower cost policy  Policy includes both building and contents  Contents-only coverage is available for lessees Preferred Risk Policy (PRP)

 Business recovery plan  Floodproof, if allowed  Elevate  Building  Machinery  Contents  Stronger CRS participation by the community Reduce the Risk, Reduce the Cost

 FloodSmart.gov  FEMA.gov  Ready.gov  Disastersafety.org  SBA.gov Resources

[AGENT NAME] [COMPANY NAME] [COMPANY ADDRESS] [AGENT PHONE NUMBER] [AGENT ] Questions

 Subsidies for older (pre-FIRM) buildings in high-risk areas being phased out  Rates for pre-FIRM business buildings set to increase each year until reaching full-risk rates  Elevating or floodproofing might help lower your rates For more information, visit FEMA.gov/flood-insurance-reform. Recent Legislation