Hurricanes remain the costliest natural disasters in the U.S.today, with Katrina ($67.8 billion) topping the list, followed bySandy ($26.4 billion) and Andrew ($25.8 billion).

The common denominator among these hurricanes: the surprisinglylow numbers of affected property owners covered by flood insurance.

With only 5% of American homeowners insured through theNational Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and flashflooding a potential risk everywhere in the U.S., the followinginformation about flood insurance is presented to help insuranceagents become more comfortable with what is admittedly a differentpolicy than what they typically sell on a dailybasis.

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