National Flood Insurance Seminars -- Floods of Information for Lenders and Agents
Release Date: February 12, 2002
Release Number: R10-02-27
Vancouver, WA -- Insurance agents and lending institutions can learn how to better serve their clients by attending a National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) seminar sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). According to FEMA Regional Director John Pennington, providing affordable flood insurance to those who need it is an agency priority.
"National Flood Insurance is the best protection against flood losses and we want agents and lenders to know what they need to know before serious flooding hits policy holders," said Pennington. "These workshops help make lenders and agents more knowledgeable about the National Flood Insurance Program and comfortable handling flood insurance issues."
Some often unrecognized benefits of flood insurance include coverage for damage from small urban streams, flooding caused by blockages like log jams and ice jams and damages from levee breaches or over-toppings.
A workshop for agents is scheduled for February 21, at the Water Resources Education Center, Community Room, 4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver -- from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The lenders workshop will be at the same location, on February 22, from 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Additional workshop information can be obtained by calling the NFIP Region 10 Office at (425) 488-5820 and through email requests to lmelville@csc.com.
Last Modified: Wednesday, 27-Aug-2003 17:11:19