Flood Insurance Reform: New Law Helps Policyholders Keep Coverage Affordable
On March 21, 2014, President Obama signed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 into law. This law repeals and modifies certain provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, which was enacted in 2012. FEMA looks forward to working with Congress, the private Write Your Own Insurance Companies, and other stakeholders to implement these Congressionally-mandated reforms and to working toward our shared goals of helping families maintain affordable flood insurance, ensuring the financial stability of the NFIP, and reducing the risks and consequences of flooding nationwide. FEMA will continue to identify and publish special flood hazards and flood risk zones as authorized and required by Congress.
Resources on this page reflect previous changes to the NFIP from the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (BW-12) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014. Materials will be updated to reflect the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014.
More information on the new law and its impacts on the NFIP will be forthcoming.
Information for this article was provided by FEMA. Visit http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-reform for more information.
