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20 Jan

Save $1,000,000+ in Flood Insurance Premiums!

Commercial flood insurance can be expensive—very expensive. So, what should you do if your property is in a FEMA-designated Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) and your lender says, “you have two options, get flood insurance or a get a LOMA.”

Of course, you can explore your options for obtaining flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) or Private carriers. But if you’d like to remove the mandatory purchase requirement altogether, there’s a two-step approach I’ll discuss here. I’m Eric Ratcliffe, the former Director of FEMA’s Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) Program and current COO at MassiveCert.

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29 Sep

Is My House in a Flood Zone? Search FEMA Flood Map by Address and So Much More

The following article by Julia Weaver of Redfin is reposted to MassiveCert.com.

August 25, 2021 by Julia Weaver

Considering all that’s happening with climate change and the potential risk it brings to homeowners, you may be wondering if your house is in a flood zone. Whether you are a first-time homebuyer, looking to sell a vacation home, or simply a homeowner looking for some answers, you have the right and responsibility to find out.

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29 Sep

How to Prepare for a Lapse in NFIP Authority

Here we go again. Every few years, it seems there’s a potential lapse in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). While very scary sounding and not without the possibility of serious consequences, it’s likely a resolution will be reached prior to the midnight, September 30 deadline, and even if it’s not, a lapse would likely be hours or days, not weeks or months. However, if there is a lapse, there are things lenders and insurance agents who write NFIP policies need to know.

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20 Jul

Defining the Non-Guaranteed Determination

A Non-Guaranteed Determination is any product containing a FEMA flood zone where the provider does not guarantee the result. If you are from the lending industry, you may not have heard of this because you need guaranteed results for most all lending tasks to be federally compliant and have those results printed on a Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form. But in the insurance, communication, real estate, appraisal, and property management industries, there are dozens of uses for a Non-Guaranteed Determination because, frankly, it is a lot cheaper. You may be paying $8 for a Life of Loan Determination (if you pay more, contact MassiveCert sales) or less than $4 for the same Determination without the monitoring.

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21 Jun

FEMA Flood Zones and the Mandatory Purchase Requirement

This article is written to aid the general public in understanding the mandatory purchase requirement and FEMA’s flood zone designations. It describes the FEMA zones and the mandatory purchase requirement at a high level and provides some details for those who have interest in nuances.

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