Re-examining one of the least-insured perils

This episode of Critical Point discusses the future of flood insurance and what protecting a home from flood might look like a few decades from now.

In recent years, the private flood sector has grown rapidly and will likely continue to grow until the new market significantly closes the U.S. flood “protection gap.”

The visibility of climate’s impact on property hazard is increasingly leading individuals and their chosen leaders to ask: how might an increase in hazard affect the desirability of living in various communities, and how do we manage the socioeconomic impacts?

Regular floods, whether due to hurricanes or simply heavy rainfall, are wreaking havoc in the southern states of the US and national flood-insurance schemes can’t keep up.

This articles explores some questions and challenges for aspiring U.S. private flood insurers.