What does the Natural Calamity Policy cover?

The policy usually includes not only earthquake damage, but also damage arising from flooding. In this case it is advisable to read the conditions to understand if these events are included in the definition of the insured risk. What does the Natural Calamity Policy cover? Let’s try to understand in principle what damages are reimbursable…

The weather is becoming increasingly extreme

The weather is becoming increasingly extreme. Year after year, many regions of the country are threatened by floods that can cause enormous damage to buildings. Since classic homeowners insurance does not provide any benefits in the event of flooding, homeowners should arrange additional insurance coverage and also cover natural hazard damage. Floods can occur on…

What protection does flood insurance offer?

Flood insurance In today’s world, flood insurance has become indispensable for many. In many regions of Germany floods happen almost every year. The damages are sometimes very massive to the buildings and also the inventory. For those affected, the damage caused by floods without flood insurance leads to high financial burdens. For many affected people…

Definition of “Flood Insurance”

DEFINITION of “Flood Insurance” Flood insurance is a financial tool that protects property owners from water damage to the structure and contents of their property. While flood insurance can be purchased from many different insurance companies, all policies are federally regulated, so the same policy costs the same amount regardless of which company it was…

Flood insurance

Flood insurance Flood damage is covered by flood insurance.The recent flood catastrophes in Germany have shown: flood insurance is elementary in order not to be left sitting on the huge damage sums. Current figures from the German Insurance Association (GDV) show that a large proportion of German homeowners underestimate their own flood risk. In addition,…

Flood Insurance

  Flood Insurance The homeowners and renters insurance described above usually does not cover flood damage in any way. That’s why the National Flood Insurance Program is in place in the United States to reduce the impact of flooding on homeowners and renters. The memory of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 is still fresh in the…

How does flood insurance work?

Due to the specific territorial location of the United States, the country is constantly exposed to natural disasters. Floods, tornadoes, earthquakes – Americans are no strangers to these names. Because of the increasing frequency of natural disasters and because of the large-scale damage caused to the U.S. economy by these disasters, the government has taken…