1 September 2013InsuranceFrank Nutter

Privatising the national flood insurance program

In the US, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides flood coverage to homeowners and businesses to the near exclusion of the private insurance market. The coverage limits of up to $250,000 do facilitate a market above that limit, but as a practical matter, the federal government is the principal insurer of flood risk.

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