The National Flood Insurance Program: Flood Insurance Overview
7 min! Run Time
Employees
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What you'll learn
Skills covered in this course
Description
Growing flood losses strained insurers and drove up disaster relief costs, prompting Congress to create the National Flood Insurance Program.
What this course covers:
- Why Congress created the NFIP
- The statutes behind the program
- How community participation in the NFIP works
- What NFIP flood insurance coverage includes
For staff who need an introduction to how NFIP flood insurance works.
System Requirements
See System Requirements in the Coggno Knowledge Base
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Frequently Asked Questions
This overview traces the program back to growing flood losses that strained insurers and drove up disaster relief costs over time, which is ultimately what pushed Congress to act and establish the program. This detail sits at the center of what the NFIP flood insurance basics course is meant to teach.
The course identifies the statutes behind the program, giving newcomers to the topic a starting point for understanding the legal basis underlying NFIP flood insurance requirements before going further. It is one of the specific points the course on the NFIP flood insurance basics walks through in depth.
It describes how community participation in the NFIP works, walking through the mechanics at an introductory level so staff new to the topic aren't assumed to have prior program knowledge. The course keeps this grounded in the practical realities covered under the NFIP flood insurance basics.
The course lays out what NFIP flood insurance coverage includes, giving staff a first look at what the program actually protects against as part of this beginner-friendly overview. This is a core thread the NFIP flood insurance basics material returns to throughout the lesson.
It is designed for staff who need an introduction to how NFIP flood insurance works, making it a starting point before tackling more specific NFIP topics covered in later courses. It reflects the kind of applied detail the course builds into its coverage of the NFIP flood insurance basics.
