FEMA launches online option to buy federal flood insurance
Daniel Kaniewski, CEO of Northstar Risk & Resilience and a former FEMA deputy administrator, said the tool could help narrow the country's flood insurance protection gap. "This is a major milestone for the National Flood Insurance Program, one that's been a long time coming," Kaniewski told The Insurer. "By giving Americans another way to purchase flood insurance, FEMA can help increase take-up rates and close our nation's enormous flood insurance protection gap."
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"By engaging the P&C insurance industry and rewarding proactive mitigation efforts, we can shift liability away from taxpayers and create a sustainable model that reduces losses for everyone," said Daniel Kaniewski, founder and CEO of Northstar Risk & Resilience and former Federal Emergency Management Agency deputy administrator and Marsh U.S. public sector leader.
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Former agency official Daniel Kaniewski said promoting resilience should be “job one” for Hamilton. “I realize we're entering hurricane season and that’s a more immediate priority, but the next administrator will have to balance the immediate with the future,” Kaniewski said. “That’s the tension.”