Impacts of Flood Map Changes on Insurance

Help your clients protect their investment.

Flash floods swept through Pennsylvania this summer – damaging homes and businesses throughout many communities. Increasingly, flooding is a fact of life. However, you can help your clients better prepare for and respond to a flood event. Resources are available through government agencies and private sector providers, to help people understand their flood risk and to protect their homes and businesses.

This is an invitation to a flood insurance and flood map training for industry stakeholders, hosted by FEMA Region III and state and local partners, on Monday, December 10th from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Fiorelli Catering, 1501 Main Street, Peckville, PA 18452.

This training, Impacts of Flood Map Changes on Insurance, will be led by Bruce A. Bender, CFM, a flood insurance and outreach specialist. Bruce has provided numerous similar stakeholder trainings across the United States and brings nearly 30 years of professional experience to this event.

The primary purpose of this event will be to provide attendees with an in-depth understanding of the process by which FEMA updates communities’ flood maps (known as Flood Insurance Rate Maps or FIRMs) and the effects that these updates have on flood insurance requirements and costs. We will also preview anticipated changes to the flood maps in Lackawanna County. Bruce will cover updates to the federal flood insurance program and resources available that insurance agents, realtors, lenders, land surveyors and floodplain administrators can use in their daily work.

Special thanks are extended to the Greater Scranton Board of Realtors for providing a complementary buffet lunch to attendees after the workshop and for covering the cost of the facility!

This event has also been approved for two hours of Continuing Education Credits for Certified Floodplain Managers (CFMs) and insurance agents and has been submitted for CEC approval for realtors. If you are interested in attending, please register on Eventbrite (https://impacts-of-flood-map-changes.eventbrite.com) no later than Wednesday, December 5th.

In the meantime, please direct any questions you might have to Terence Milstead at terence.milstead@ogilvy.com or at (850) 339 9714. We look forward to seeing you in Peckville on the 10th of December!